damages as well as the claim of interest since the delay was not due to their fault, a fact they brought to the Plaintiffs notice. The Defendant urged the Court to join International Bank Plc (now Access Bank as a party in order to determine with finality the appropriate person to entitled to receive the arrears of rent. In the course of the proceedings, Access Bank Plc, brought an application as an interested party to intervene. The basis of their application was the judgment of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Nigeria High Court between her and the Plaintiff as well as other parties. It appears from the judgment that the Defendant entered into a Mortgage agreement with the Plaintiff in default of which the intervener in exercise of its right as a mortgage sold the property the subject matter of rent in this suit to one Dr. Joseph Okwudili Adiodun. It was on account of this that the intervener on account of the sale wrote the Defendants and demanded the payment of the arrears of rent to it rather than the Plaintiff and this is what placed the Defendants in a dilemma as to whom the arrears should be paid over. It is interesting to note that the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, set aside the sale as being null and void. Thus, the right of the intervener to claim the arrears has no basis whatsoever. The Intervener had argued that 16