LAWAL OLADAPO ADEBAYO V. MADAM AYISAT ADEBOLA OLAJOGUN

HARUNA SIMON TSAMMANI, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the Ruling of the Ogun State High Court, Ota Judicial Division, delivered by Catherine Ogunsanya, J on the 21st day of June, 2012. By the said Ruling, the learned trial Judge set aside the judgment of the same Court delivered on the 27/10/2009 by T. A. Okunsokan, J.

Before the Ogun State High Court, one Mr. Jeremiah Oludamilare Oke took out a Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim seeking for sundry reliefs as contained at Paragraph 14 of the Statement of Claim filed on the 16/7/2009. The said Statement of Claim was subsequently amended by order of Court. It was filed on the 27/10/2008. By the Amended statement of claim, the plaintiff/Appellant claimed as follows:

"(a) Declaration that the claimant is the owner by purchase and is entitled to the statutory Right of Occupancy of all parcel of Land measuring 1,39.586sq. Mts and known as Plot 7 and 10 on Alhaji Azeez Ajani Bello Family Layout situate,…