<p>FATIMA OMORO AKINBAMI, J.C.A.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of Honourable Justice O.I.O. Ogunyemi delivered in the High Court, of Ekiti State, sitting in Ado-Ekiti on the 24th day of March, 2016.</p><p>The Respondent as Plaintiff brought this action by a Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim dated 22nd day of July 2013, which was Amended and an Amended Statement of Claim on page 126-131 of the Record of Appeal.</p><p>By paragraph 21 of the Statement of Claim, the Respondent claims as follows:</p><p>WHEREOF, the Claimant claims against the Defendants jointly and severally as follows:</p><p>a. A declaration that the Certificate of Occupancy registered on 20th of May, 1988 as No. 17 at Page 17 in Volume 433 of the Lands Registry in the office at Akure, Ondo State now kept in the office at Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State issued in the name of the Claimant is still subsisting.</p><p>b. A declaration that the Claimant is the owner of a parcel of land measuring approximately 3505.088 Square …</p>