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KALGO, JSC (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The appellant was the plaintiff in the High Court of Justice Kaduna where he commenced this action on 3rd July 1984 against the respondents jointly and severally claiming as per paragraph 24 of his amended statement of claim, the following reliefs:
“1. A declaration that as the registered Trustee of the Archdiocese of Kaduna of Roman Catholic Church, the plaintiff is by virtue of the said office, the lawful proprietor and owner of Sacred Heart School, Independence Way, Kaduna, permission for the establishment whereof was sought by the plaintiff’s predecessor in office and was duly granted on or about the 11th day of March 1966 by the then Ministry of Education Northern Region of Nigeria pursuant to and in accordance with the Educational Law, Cap. 36, Laws of Northern Nigeria, 1963 (as now applicable to Kaduna State) and regulations made thereunder. 2. A declaration that as the Proprietor and owner, of the said Sacred Heart School, Kaduna…