CHIEF IGNATIUS OKEKE & ANOR V. P. C. MIKE EZE

AMINA ADAMU AUGIE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The dispute over a piece of land situated at Alahun/Osunba Estate, Ajia village, within Badagry Local Government Area, Lagos State, which led to this Appeal, started in 1994, and by an initial Writ of Summons, dated 26th February 1996, the Respondent as Plaintiff sued Oba Haruna Olaiya Okike, the Head of Alahun Osunba Family (deceased) and the Appellants at the Lagos State High Court. Both sides amended their pleadings a number of times, however, by an Amended Statement of Claim dated 18/11/1998, the Appellant claimed -

1. A Declaration that the Plaintiff is the owner and the person entitled to apply for and obtain statutory Right of Occupancy over the parcel of land situate, lying and being at Alahun/Osunba estate, Ajia village particularly described and delineated in survey plan No. - - drawn by S O E Ifowodo, licensed surveyor and dated 6th October, 1984.

2. Possession of the said parcel of land located at Alahun/Osunba …