UWAIS, C.J.N. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellant in this case was the 7th defendant in the High Court. The 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th respondents were respectively the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th defendants in the High Court. The plaintiffs were the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th respondents herein. The plaintiffs' claims against the defendants were as follows:-
"(1) A declaration that the purported rejection of the nomination and or appointment of Bashir Suleiman Barau as the new Emir of Suleja by the 1st defendant as being against the tradition and custom of the people of Suleja is illegal ultra vires the first defendant, unconstitutional and void.
(2) A declaration that the reconstitution of Suleja Emirate Council by the 1st defendant is illegal, void and of no effect their (sic) being a validly constituted Council of Kingmakers in accordance with the tradition and custom of the people of Suleja.
(3) A declaration that 4th, 5th, and 6th defendants are not traditional…