CHIOMA EGONDU NWOSU-IHEME (Ph. D), J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): By a Writ of Summons taken out at the Federal High Court Benin, the Appellants as Plaintiffs commenced proceedings in this case on 27/6/05 wherein in their Statement of Claim they claimed the following reliefs against the Respondents as Defendants:
"(a) DECLARATION that the failure, omission or neglect of the Defendant to terminate the appointments of the Plaintiffs after service with the Defendant for a period far in excess of 6 months is tantamount to an implied confirmation of the appointment of the Plaintiffs with the Defendant as to make them confirmed pensionable staff .
(b) A DECLARATION that the Plaintiffs as staff whose appointments are deemed confirmed are entitled to the benefits of the conditions of service of staff of NNPC and its subsidiaries the Defendant included.
(c) A DECLARATION that the purported disengagement of the Plaintiffs from the service of the Defendant is tantamount to being decla…