Obong v. Ekereke

Blackburn, Judge.

Appellants, Reverend Dr. Edet E. Obong and Enewan E. Obong, bring this appeal from the trial court’s confirmation of an arbitration award for appellees (Richard Johnson Ekereke and the Sanctified Mount Zion Church of Nigeria in the United States (church)) and denial of their objection thereto and demand for jury trial.

In the underlying action, Dr. Obong, naming himself and the church as plaintiffs, brought suit against Ekereke averring, among other things, that Ekereke had misappropriated church funds for personal use, misused church property, failed to meet church training…