KUMAI BAYANG AKA'AHS, JSC (DELIVERING THE LEADING JUDGMENT): The appellants, who were applicants, commenced proceedings through an ex parte application before the Federal High Court, Lagos in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/17/2012 seeking leave to apply for judicial review against the respondents for the following reliefs:-
(a) A DECLARATION that the purported removal of the 1st and 2nd applicants, Chief Orlando Olaiya Ojo and Nze Chidi Duru vide letter Ref Nos. PENCOM/INSP/SURV/FIRST GUARANTEE/11/22 dated 12 August, 2011 and signed by one M. K. Ahmad, Director-General of the National Pension Commission, is illegal, null and void and of no effect whatsoever.
(b) AN ORDER of certiorari removing into this Honourable Court and quashing the decision removing the 1st and 2nd applicants as Directors of First Guarantee Pension Limited contained in letters Ref. Nos. PENCOM/INSP/SURV/FIRST GUARANTEE/11/22 dated 12 August, 2011.
(c) AN ORDER setting all the steps or actions taken by the 1st respondent based on…