Facts:

The defendant company, Nigerian Sugar Company was liquidated by order of court and its staff sued the liquidator of the said company charged with the responsibility of overseeing the affairs and properties of the liquidated company for inter alia the sum of N1,349,756,250 (one billion, three hundred and forty-nine million, seven hundred and fifty-six thousand, two hundred and fifty naira) being short falls of their salaries and entitlements due to them.