MOHAMMED BABA IDRIS, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an interlocutory appeal against the ruling of the High Court of the Federal Capital No. 1 presided over by Honourable Justice L. H. Gummi, Chief Judge of the Federal Capital delivered on 26th November, 2007 against the Appellant's Preliminary Objection dated 14th May, 2007 brought against the jurisdiction of the Court. The Objection which was based on two grounds being that the suit was incompetent and that the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit, was dismissed.
The facts of the case are that the Respondent herein, Plaintiff at trial is a banker with head office at Plot 785, Herbert Macaulay Way, Central Business District, Abuja. The Appellant herein, Defendant at trial is a Company registered under the Company and Allied Matters Act, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1990 as amended with head office at No. 1 Federal Government College Road, Tungan-Goro, Ch…