ADAMU JAURO, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment):
This appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Judicial Division setting aside the ruling of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory which dismissed the 1st and 2nd Respondents' suit for being statute barred under Section 2 (a) of the Public Officers (Protection) Act.
BRIEF STATEMENT OF FACTS
The 1st and 2nd Respondents as Plaintiffs took out a Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim against the Appellants as well as the 3rd and 4th Respondents seeking the following reliefs:
1. "A DECLARATION that the 2nd Plaintiff is the beneficial owner of the property located at Plot 6 Cadastral Zone B05, Utako, Abuja which is covered by a previous Certificate of Occupancy File No: FCT/ABV/MISC: 7300 now numbered as File NO: MISC 55124.
2. AN ORDER of this Honourable Court that the purported revocation without prior notice or fair hearing by the 1st and 2nd Defendants of the Plaintiffs' right of occupancy in Plot No. 6 Cada…