JIMI OLUKAYODE BADA, J.C.A.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the Judgment of Oyo State High Court sitting at Ibadan Judicial Division in Suit No.: I/27/06 Between: HONOURABLE EMIOLA MUSIBAU, (2) HONOURABLE ADEKUNLE SULEIMAN, (3) HONOURABLE OLUSOJI AKINDELE, (4) HONOURABLE OLUSEYI J. COKER, (5) HONOURABLE SULEIMAN AYOADE, (6) HONOURABLE ALABANLA YISAU, (7) HONOURABLE BILIAMINU MURAINA and (8) HONOURABLE NIYI A. YUSUF V. IDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT delivered on the 12TH DAY OF JULY 2012.
Briefly the facts of the case are that the Respondents who were the Claimants at the lower Court filed a Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim against the Appellants i.e. the Defendants at the lower Court and claimed as follows: -
(1)A declaration that the Plaintiffs being former political office holders of the Defendants Local Government from 1999 to 2002 are entitled to be paid by the Defendant severance gratuities and transportation allowances in the manner and on the basis stipula…