JUMMAI HANNATU SANKEY, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This interlocutory Appeal by the Appellant is against the Ruling of Kpojime J., of the High Court of Justice, Makurdi, Benue State delivered on March 20, 2013 in Suit No. MHC/400/2012 on March 20, 2013 refusing the Appellant's (then Plaintiffs) application for change of Counsel on the ground of non-compliance with the provisions of Order 47 Rules 1 and 2 of the High Court of Benue State (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2007, and striking out the motion on notice filed on behalf of the Appellant by a legal Practitioner who was not a Counsel in the matter.
The Appellants suit which was initiated via an Originating Summons dated the November 21, 2012, was filed on the same day. The suit was initiated and filed by the Appellants Counsel, A.I Wombo Esq., of the Law Firm of Wombo, Igba and Company, No. 6 Old Otukpo Road, High Level, Makurdi. The 1st Respondent, who was the 1st Defendant at the trial Court, subsequently entered appearan…