OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA, JSC (DELIVERING THE LEADING JUDGMENT): This is an appeal against the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division delivered on Wednesday the 18th Day of October, 2006, Coram: I. A. Salami PJ (as he then was); C. B. Ogunbiyi, JCA (as he then was); A. G. Mshelia, JCA, wherein the Court below dismissed the appellants' application for an Order setting aside the Court's earlier order dismissing the appellants' appeal on 18th March, 2004.
Sometime on 14th June, 1994 the respondents had been granted leave by the Federal High Court, Holden at Lagos to enforce their fundamental rights, pursuant to Section 42 (1) and (2) of the 1979 Constitution as amended by Decree No.107 of 1993; Order 1 Rule 2(1), (3) and (6) and Order 4 of the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules, 1979 and under the inherent jurisdiction of the Court as preserved by Section 6 (6) of the 1979 Constitution, as amended. Leave was also granted for all the processes meant for service on the Inspec…