ABBA BELLO MOHAMMED, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Abuja Judicial Division (the trial Court), delivered on 13th October, 2020 by Hon. Justice O.Y. Adnuwe in Suit No. NICN/ABJ/CS/278/2019.
The facts leading to this appeal, as discernible from the Record of Appeal, are that the 1st - 35th Respondents (as Claimants) instituted this action against the Appellant and Yusuf Ibrahim Adeniyi who was the 36th Respondent (as the 1st and 2nd Defendants) vide an Amended Originating Summons, wherein they sought the determination of 12 questions by the trial Court and for the grant of the following reliefs: -
1. A DECLARATION that by virtue of Articles 4A(i), (ii) & (iii)(c) of the 1st Claimant's Amended Constitution 2013, the 1st Defendant is not a member of the 1st Claimant having been dismissed vide the letter of 20th January, 2017.
2. A DECLARATION that by virtue of Articles 4A(i), (ii) & (iii)(c) of the 1st C…