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REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF ALL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP MISSION V. HADIZA BALA USMAN & 3 ORS

(2020) JELR 112542 (CA)

Court of Appeal  •  APPEAL NO.CA/A/765/2015  •  5 Jun 2020  •  Nigeria

Coram
STEPHEN JONAH ADAH, JCA YARGATA BYENCHIT NIMPAR, JCA MOHAMMED BABA IDRIS, JCA

Appearances
SAMUEL AMEH ESQ. & ANGELA PETER ESQ. FOR THE APPELLANTS. G. A. IDIAGBANYA Esq, N. P. OKORO Esq. & L.J. ASHAKU Esq. FOR 3RD AND 4TH RESPONDENT. AKIN ADEWALA Esq. FOR 2ND RESPONDENT. ADETOLA OLUNENU Esq. FOR 1ST RESPONDENT.

Judgement
<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>YARGATA BYENCHIT NIMPAR, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): </strong>This Appeal is against the Judgment of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja High Court presided over by <strong>HON. JUSTICE O</strong>. <strong>A. ADENIYI </strong>and delivered on the 20th day of March, 2015. Dissatisfied with the decision, the Appellant who was the Claimant at the trial Court filed a Notice of Appeal on the 1/4/2015 setting out 2 Grounds of Appeal.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Facts relevant to the Appeal are straight forward and amenable to a brief summary. The Appellant as claimant initiated the suit by way of a Writ of Summons which sought the following reliefs:</p><ol><li><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>A declaration that the Plaintiff is the allottee of Plot 261 in Cadastral Zone A06, Maitama, and that Plot 4111. 2978 and 3560 abuts Plaintiff&#x27;s Plot 261 in Cadastral Zone A06, Maitama.</strong></p></li><li><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>A declaration that:</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>a. Plot 4111, Cadastral Zone, Maitama, allotted to Hadiza Bala Usman (1st Defendant), Plot 2978 Cadastral Zone, Maitama, allotted to Hauwa Sule Umaru (2nd Defendant); and Plot 3560 (renumbered as Plot 459…</strong></p></li></ol>

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