OMAGE JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): In the court below, this is a summary of the plaintiffs’/respondents’ claim;
“(I) Declaration that the purported appointment and installation of the 2nd defendant by the 1st defendant as the Baale Gbodoof Aha is ultra vires the powers of the 1st defendant, and null and void. Declaration that all steps taken by the 1st defendant towards the purported appointment and installation of the 2nd defendant as the new Baale of Gbodo of Aha is null and void.
An injunction restraining the 1st defendant, servants or agents from recognising or continuing to recognise the 2nd defendant as the new Baale Gbodo of Aha. An injunction restraining the 2nd defendant from parading himself as the new Baale Gbodo of Aha and from performing the functions of the office of Baale Gbodo.” The heads of claim are contained in the plaintiffs’/respondents’ amended statement of claim on page 28 of the printed record. In defence to the claim, the defendants, now appellants, f…