IBRAHIM MOHAMMED MUSA SAULAWA, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The instant appeal is a direct fall-out of the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Jos Judicial Division, delivered on April 18, 2007 in appeal no. CA/J/94/2003. By the judgment in question, the Court below allowed the Respondent's appeal and struck out the Appellant's suit (No PLD/I/63/1995) on the ground that the trial High Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain and determine same.
BACKGROUND FACTS
The genesis of the instant case could be traced to October 24, 1992 - virtually 29 years ago. On the date in question, Mr. Musa Bot, the father of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Appellants herein, had a cause to report electric power failure to the Respondent's services centre at Nasarawa/Gwong, Jos. The report was acknowledged, and duly recorded as No. 155405.
Whereupon, two staff members of the Respondent - Messrs Hammidu Mohammed and Sunday Tsok, were detailed to visit the locus and rectify the electric fault. The two staffers vi…