SHENA SECURITY CO. LTD.
V.
AFROPAK (NIG.) LTD. & ORS.

AKINTAN, JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The appellant was the plaintiff while the first respondent was the defendant in this action which was instituted at Ota High Court in Ogun State as suit No. HCT/4/93. The 2nd and 3rd respondents were not parties to the action during the trial. They were joined with leave of this court on the application of the appellant. Their coming into the case was because the 1st respondent has fallen into receivership and therefore has come under the management of the 2nd and 3rd respondents. The appellant is a limited liability company based in Ota. Its main activity is the provision of security guards for companies, organisations and others who may need its services. The dispute that led to the institution of the present action arose over the termination of the agreement which the 1st respondent had with the appellant for the supply of security man to guard the premises of the 1st respondent at Ota. It was the plaintiff’s case that the termination o…