MOHAMMED BABA IDRIS, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal in Appeal No. CA/L/492/2017, delivered on the 11th day of July, 2018, by their Lordships-J. H. Sankey (JCA), 0. A. Otisi (JCA), and J. E. Ekanem (JCA) wherein the Court of Appeal affirmed the interlocutory ruling of the Lagos State High Court in Suit No. LD/2079CMW/2016, delivered by Honourable Justice 0. A. Adamson, J. sitting at the Lagos Judicial Division, wherein the trial court held that the subject matter of the suit falls within the jurisdiction of the State High Court.
By a Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim dated the 17th day of May, 2016, the Respondents as Claimants at the trial court initiated this suit against the Appellant as Defendant at the trial court, seeking for the following reliefs amongst others:
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