(Oisa of Usi-Ekiti)

6. CHIEF J.A. AGBETUYI

(Ejemu of Usi-Ekiti)

(For themselves and as representatives of Usi-Ekiti Community ) HIGH COURT (ADO-EKITI DIVISION ) OGUNMOYE J. (Read the Ruling ) HAD/49/2016 THURSDAY, 25 JANUARY 2018

BOUNDARY COMMISSION - Customary right of occupancy - Traditional ownership of land by native communities - Matters relating thereto - Exclusion of from jurisdiction of Boundary Commission

BOUNDARY COMMISSION - Definitive statutory duties of - Section 7, Ekiti State Boundary Commission Law of 2000

BOUNDARY COMMISSION - Functions of - Fixing boundaries as central duty of BOUNDARY COMMISSION - Jurisdiction of - Scope of BOUNDARY COMMISSION - Traditional ownership of land by communities - Whether affected by creation of local government areas putting two communities hitherto under one local government are a i n two different local government areas PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Preliminary objection - What entails - Duty of court when considering PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Pre…