CHIDI NWAOMA UWA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The appeal is against the Ruling of the Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta Judicial Division, delivered on 20th May, 2010 by Olopade, J. (now Chief Judge) in which the lower court dismissed the Appellant's application (as 1st Defendant) in which the following orders were sought:
(i) "Set aside the issuance and subsequent service, on the Appellant, of the concurrent writ of summons purportedly issued out of the Registry of the lower court on 16th May, 2008, and
(ii) Strike out this Suit (i.e. Suit No. AB/61/2008) by reason of the fact that it was not initiated by due process of law."
With reference to the concurrent writ of summons at pages 1-3 of the printed records, the Appellant observed that on the face of it, does not state the date on which it was issued, while the copy served on the Appellant had 16th May, 2008 as date of issue, for this reason the date of issue of the concurrent writ of summons was referred to by the Appella…