I.T. MUHAMMAD JCA (DELIVERING THE LEADING JUDGMENT): At the Kasuwa Upper Area Court Kano, the 1st plaintiff, on behalf of fifteen others instituted a claim against the defendants. His claim is as follows.
"I am instituting this suit against Alhaji Aminu, Sani, Rabiu, Muddasiru in respect of our late father Alh. Garba Safeti who died some five months ago, he left one wife Hajiya Ummah with 20 children, 10 males and 10 females. They are: (1) Aminu (1st) defendant), Sani (2nd defendant) Rabiu (3rd defendant) Mujtaba (the plaintiff) Muddasiru (the 4th defendant) (5) Da'u (6) Matinu (7) Habibu (8) Bashir (9) Muntari and 10 females they are:- (1) Hajiya Binta (2) Dije (3) Asiya (4) Sa'adiya (5) Hauwa (6) Bilki (7) Maimuna (8) Amina (9) Rukayya., (10) Zainab.
And our late father left 3 houses one is under the custody of Alh. Aminu of Marmara Quarters with the following boundaries East adjacent to Alh. Saidu. West by the road, South by the road. North by Maganin Danwake. The second house at Den…