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ADAMU
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NIGERIAN AIRFORCE & ANOR.

(2022) JELR 109122 (SC)

Supreme Court 7 Jan 2022 Nigeria
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- This is an appeal against a judgment of the Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division. - The case involves a dispute over a large expanse of farmland in Kaduna State. - The appellant claims to have acquired the land through a deed of assignment an

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Suit Number:SC.594/2018
Judges:Mary Ukaego Peter-Odili, JSC Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun, JSC Ejembi Eko, JSC Mohammed Lawal Garba, JSC Ibrahim Mohammed Musa Saulawa, JSC
Counsel:A. Bashar Esq. for the Appellant; O.C. Ali Esq. for the Respondents

MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): 

This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division or Court below or lower Court, Coram: Uwani Musa Abba Aji JCA (as he then was), Oluduton Adebola Adefope-Okojie and Amina Audi Wambai JJCA, delivered on the 16th day of March, 2018 wherein the appeal of the respondents was allowed and the judgment of the trial High Court per D.H. Khobo J., was set aside and the appellant therein was declared the title holder of the property subject of this appeal.

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The case of the Appellant as plaintiff before the trial Court is that the title and interest in and over the large expanse of farmland situated and lying at Rugan-Guza, Rigachikun in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State measuring 138.803 hectares (343.00) Acres) covered by Certificate of Occupancy No. 15925 dated 9/6/2005 (Exhibit 4) and more particularly delineated in the approved survey plan no. KD.15925 deposited in the office of the …

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