CHIEF R.A. ADEAGBO V. PRINCE M. A. WILLIAMS

PATS-ACHOLONU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): By a writ of summons dated 22/9/96, the plaintiff claims against the defendant-

(1) the sum of N6000.00 (Six thousand Naira) being damages for trespass committed on or about the 13th day of September, 1986 on the plaintiffs land and situate at 12 Prince Hamidu Williams Way, Okota, Isolo and shown on survey plan no. JLA/18/81.

(2) An injunction restraining the defendant, his servants and or agents from committing further acts of trespass on the said land.

The facts of the case are that the plaintiff now the respondent stated that he is in possession of a parcel of land situate at 12 Prince Hamidu Williams Way at Okota, Isolo which land forms part of a larger area of land belonging to Okota family and which he bought from the family at Okota in 1975. He stated that he erected a building on the land, but between 1984-85 he was detained by the Military Government and even though he had erected a building on that land, the defendan…