CHIEF ADEFIOYE ADEDEJI (RISAWE OF ILESA) V. OLADIRAN ESO

IYIZOBA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal by the plaintiff/appellant against the judgment of O. A. Ojo J. of the High Court of Osun State sitting at Ilesa delivered on the 7th day of March, 2007 in suit No. HIL/100/91. In his 3rd amended statement of claim the plaintiff/appellant claimed as follows:-

1. A declaration that the plaintiff by virtue of his office as the Risawe of Ilesa is under Ijesa Native Law and Custom and the Chiefs Law of Oyo State (Now applicable in Osun State) the only person entitled to a Right of Occupancy in respect of a piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being at Isida Quarter Ilesa known as Risawe Chieftaincy Compound and bounded on:

(a)The first side by the road from Ereja Round-about to Odo-Esira now numbered 'A' Line

(b) The second side by Total Petrol Station facing Ereja Square now numbered 'B' Line;

(c)The third side by the road from Ereja Round about to Egbeidi Street now numbered 'D' Line;

(d) The fourth side by anoth…