ABBA BELLO MOHAMMED, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an Appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Justice, Kogi State holden at Anyigba, delivered on the 8th of June, 2020. The 1st Respondent, as Claimant, instituted the suit vide an Amended Statement of Claim filed on 31st October, 2016, wherein he claimed the following reliefs:
A declaration that AROGBA of the lineage of Abutu Ejeh in Idah was the founder and first person that settled in Ejule.
A declaration that 1st defendant and those he represents are descendants of Amoke Okoye an Ibo man who hailed from Itchi in Enugu State.
A declaration that generally, under Igala native law and custom, it is the descendants of the founder of a village or community that exclusively enjoy the traditional or customary leadership of such village or community.
A declaration that Onu is the usual title for traditional or customary leadership of villages or communities in Igala land.
A declaration that a person that is not a descend…