ROWLAND, J.C.A. (Delivering the Lead Ruling): This is a motion brought pursuant to Order 3 Rules 1 - 4 and Rules 23 of the Court of Appeal Rules, 1981 praying this court for the following reliefs:
"1. An Order in the interim directing the 1st respondent herein to pay over to the Registrar of this court the sum of USD$360,000 being and representing the reserved 1st year's rent due since September 1996 and such other sums forming part of the USD$700,000 agreed to be paid by 1st respondent (as the same may fall due from time to time) on account of an 8 year lease of the appellants' land in Bonny now in dispute currently being commercially used by the 1st respondent) and for the same to be domiciled in an interest yielding foreign currency domiciliary account with either the Union Bank of Nigeria PLC, First Bank of Nigeria PLC or other reputable bank in Port Harcourt pending the determination of this appeal.
2. Any further or other Orders as this Court may deem fit."
The motion is support…