MOJEED ADEKUNLE OWOADE, J.C.A.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an Appeal against the Judgment of the High Court of Justice of Kogi State No. 2 sitting at Lokoja, delivered by Hon. Justice H. A. Olusiyi on the 29th day of June, 2017 in Suit No. IDHC/6/2017 between the Respondent herein as Claimant and the Appellants herein as Defendants.
The Respondent, as the Claimant before the Kogi State High Court No. 2 sitting at Lokoja instituted an action against the Appellants, then Defendants by way of Originating Summons wherein he raised nine (9) questions for determination and sought nineteen (19) Reliefs.
In support of the Originating Summons was an Affidavit of 28 Paragraphs deposed to by the Respondent Claimant himself to which were attached; Exhibits A, B, and C.
The Respondent also filed a Written Address in support of the Originating Summons.
The Appellants herein as Defendants before the trial Court filed their Counter Affidavit in opposition to the Originating Summons and a Wr…