"When therefore an action is instituted in a representative capacity and/or against persons in a representative capacity, that action is not only by or against the named parties; they are also by or against those the named parties represent who in the suit, are not stated nomine." In AMBROSE EKENNIA V. BENEDICT NKPAKARA & ORS Suit No; SC.90/1993 PER IGUH, J.S.C.(P.26, paras.F-G)