RITA NOSAKHARE PEMU J.C.A., (Delivering the Leading Judgment): At the Court below (precisely the Federal High Court, Lagos) presided over by Honourable Justice Abdullahi Mustapha, the Appellants had filed separate suits to enforce their fundamental rights to fair hearing. Both suits were consolidated in FHC/L/CS/414/2008 and FHC/L/C/430/2008.
Pursuant to papers filed and exchanged between the parties as well as a preliminary objection filed by the Respondents at the Court, the Learned Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Abdullahi Mustapha, on the 23rd of September 2008, dismissed the preliminary objection and the suits in turn.
The Appellants, being dissatisfied with that judgment, has now appealed same. In line with the Practice Direction of this Honourable Court, the Appellants filed their Notice of Appeal on the 17th of October, 2008 predicated on three (3) grounds of appeal.
It is pertinent to state what the Appellants' grouse is as gleaned from the facts, subject matter of the trial at the…