UGOCHUKWU ANTHONY OGAKWU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The tussle in this matter is in respect of the Chieftaincy Stool of the Ejeh of Ankpa. The 1st Respondent, as Claimant before the High Court of Kogi State in SUIT NO. AHC/7/2021: MUSA ALHASSAN AKOR (for himself and on behalf of members of Oko, Ogbaje, Adokpa and Akeyi Ruling Houses of Enjema Traditional Ruling clan in Enjema District of Ankpa Local Government Area) vs. ABUBAKAR AHMED YAKUBU and ORS claimed sundry reliefs in respect of the said Chieftaincy Stool.
While the action was pending, the 1st Respondent, quia timet, brought an application for, inter alia, an order restraining the defendants from installing the Appellant, 1st Defendant at the lower Court, as the Ejeh of Ankpa, pending the determination of the substantive suit. The lower Court granted the order as prayed. There was no appeal against the said order of interlocutory injunction, so it remained subsisting and binding, since none of the defendants exp…