ABBA-AJI JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): By a writ of summons issued on the 11 September 2002, from the High Court of Justice, Delta State, in the Asaba Judicial Division, the plaintiff/respondents in this appeal claimed from the three defendants as follows “(a) A declaration that the plaintiffs are entitled to the grant of a statutory right of occupancy in respect of the piece or parcel of land measuring100 feet by 100 feet situate and lyingat No. 19, Sir Opia Street, Off the Asaha/Onitsha Expressway almost opposite N.E.P.A. sub-station along Expressway, near Okwe junction,Asaba within the jurisdiction of this honourable court which piece or parcel of land shall be clearly delineated in a survey plan to be filed with the statement of claim.
N500,000.00 (five hundred thousand naira) being general damages against the defendants/respondents for act of trespass committed on the said piece or parcel of land.
An order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants, theirservants, p…