MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal was brought by the Appellants who are the Appellants in the sister Appeal SC/CV/1130/2023 judgment in respect of which has just been delivered, on five (5) grounds contained on the Notice of Appeal filed on the 22nd November, 2023 at the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal (court below) against the judgment delivered on the 10th November, 2023 in the 1st Respondent's Cross Appeal in the sister Appeal aforenamed. At the hearing, the Notice of Appeal filed on the same date of 22nd November, 2023, on the same grounds, filed at the Enugu Division of the court below, was withdrawn at the hearing on the 18th December, 2023 and it was struck out.
Similarly, the Preliminary Objection filed on behalf of the 2nd Respondent against the appeal was also withdrawn and struck out accordingly.
In the Appellants' brief filed on the 4th December, 2023, bearing the names of the Respondents as arranged in the sister appeal SC/CV/113…