AYO ALABI & ANOR V. MRS. MOJISOLA ADEGBOYE
(2014) JELR 48707 (CA)
Court of Appeal
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CA/EK/118/2013
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25 Feb 2014
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Nigeria
Coram
PAUL ADAMU GALINJE JCA;
MASSOUD A. OREDOLA JCA;
FATIMA OMORO AKINBAMI JCA;
Appearances
Mr. Babatope Fajire For Appellant
Mr. Ekene Ugbede For Respondent
Judgement
<p>PAUL ADAMU GALINJE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): At Paragraph 17 of their Statement of claim dated and filed on the 6th November, 2012, the Appellants herein who were claimants at the Ekiti State High Court, sitting at Ikere-Ekiti (henceforth to be called 'the lower court') claimed against the respondent the following reliefs: -</p><p> "A. A DECLARATION that the parcel of land situate and being at Iro Quarters, off Ijare Road, Ikere-Ekiti covered by the Certificate of Statutory Right of Occupancy dated 9th February, 1996; registered as No. 25 at page 25 in volume 631 of the Lands Registry in the office at Akure, now in Ado-Ekiti State, forms part of the Estate of deceased Ebenezer Folarin Alabi. </p><p> B. A DECLARATION that the unauthorized entry of the defendant into the parcel of land situate and being at Iro Quarters, off Ijare Road, Ikere-Ekiti covered by the Certificate of Statutory Right of Occupancy dated 9th February, 1996, registered as No.25 at page 25 volume 631 of the Landโฆ</p>