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ELDER RAYMOND OKAGWA IKUNGA MR. FYNECOUNTRYEMEKA IKUNGA MR. SOLOMON BEKWELE IKUNGA MR. GODPOWER IKECHUKWU IKUNGA (FOR THEMSELVES AND AS REPRESENTING THE IKUNGA FAMILY OF RUMUOMASI, OBIO) V. LT. COL. BOMA ASITO KURUBO (FOR HIMSELF AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGE KURUBO)

(2015) JELR 51457 (CA)

Court of Appeal  •  CA/PH/549/2012  •  12 Mar 2015  •  Nigeria

Coram
EJEMBI EKO JCA (Presided) MODUPE FASANMI JCA STEPHEN JONAH ADAH JCA (Read the Lead Judgment)

Appearances
S.A. Alali, Esq. (with him, W.T. Melville, Esq.) - for the Appellant. -*- Monima Karibi-Whyte - for the Respondent.

Judgement
<p><strong> ADAH JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): </strong> The appellant asclaimants, before the Rivers State High Court, Port Harcourt, took out a writ of summons dated 20 August 2004 against the respondent as the defendant. The suit which was registered in that court as suit No. PHC.1390/2004 was fought in a representative capacities by both parties. The claimants claimed for themselves and as representing the Ikungafamily of Rumuomasi, Obio while the defendant therein was for himself and as the administrator of the Estate of George Kurobo. The subject matter of the suit is a parcel of land situate along Stadium Road in Rumuomasi in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. for:-</p><p>The claim of the claimants now appellants, at the trial court were A declaration that the plaintiffs are the owners and the persons entitled to the Statutory Right of Occupancy in, over and in respect of the piece or parcel of land known as Ohia-</p><p>Mini, and situate along Stadium Road in Rumuomasi, which is shown v…</p>

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