SIDI DAUDA BAGE, JSC (DELIVERING THE LEADING RULING): By a Motion on Notice dated May 21, 2018 brought pursuant to Order 2 Rule 12 (1) of the Supreme Court Rules (as Amended in 1999) and under the inherent Jurisdiction of this Court, the Appellants/Applicants approached this Court seeking the following Orders:
"1) An Order of this Honourable Court granting the Appellants/Applicants leave to adduce further evidence at the hearing of this appeal, to wit: the production of a certified true copy of the 1928-1931 Intelligence Report on the Obia Clan, Ikwerre Tribe, Ahoada Division by the Southern Provinces of British Colonial Government, CTC of which was obtained from the Nigerian National Archives.
2) An Order of this Honourable Court deeming the said 1928-1931 Intelligence Report on the Obia Ikwerre Tribe, Ahoada Division by the Southern Provinces of British Colonial Government duly certified by the Nigerian National Archives and attached herewith as EXHIBIT A, as properly received in evid…