<p><strong>OGUNTADE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment):</strong> At the Gombe Civil Area Court, the present respondent was the plaintiff and the appellant the defendant. I shall hereinafter refer to the parties by their description at the trial court.</p><p> The claims of the parties are encapsulated in the statements appearing hereunder which each of the parties made at the commencement of the suit. The plaintiff said: </p><p> &quot;I, Yaya Adamu, I&#x27;m suing Kuna Dogo on a land dispute of which I cleared the land for at least 11 years working on the place, by then Kuna Dogo gifted the land to Yerima Dogo and he said I have to keep away from the said land, so because of this reason I want the court to took (sic) back my land.</p><p> The defendant on the other hand said: </p><p> &quot;This land is owned by me not owned by Yaya Adamu because I am the one who borrowed it to him after they had a fight with his father&quot;.</p><p> My understanding of the plaintiff&#x27;s statement reproduced above is that the plaintiff claimed to have been in possession of…</p>