EMMANUEL AKOMAYE AGIM, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This Cross appeal No. CA/A/1003/2018 was commenced on 25-10-2018 when the cross-appellant filed a notice of Cross-appeal against the ruling of the National Industrial Court delivered on 12- 10-2018 in Suit No. NICN/ABJ/136/2018 by O.Y. Anuwe J. The notice of Cross-appeal contains 3 grounds of appeal.
Both sides have filed, exchanged and adopted their respective briefs as follows- Cross-appellant's brief, Cross respondents' brief and Cross-appellant's reply brief.
The Cross-appellant's brief raised the following issues for determination-
Whether the Learned Trial Judge was right in law when he held that the office of the Director-General, National Intelligence Agency is not a creation of statute (Distilled from Ground 1)
Whether the Learned Trial Judge was right in law when he held that the Originating Summons procedure adopted by the Cross-Appellant was inappropriate (Distilled from Ground 2)
Whether the Learned Trial Judge…