OBIETONBARA DANIEL-KALIO, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is over the judgment of the High Court of Oyo State in a land matter. The facts before the lower Court as pleaded in the Statement of Claim show that the Appellant Tunji Adigun (the Claimant in the lower Court) applied to the Ibadan North Local Government (the defendant in the lower Court) for the allocation of a piece of land to him. Consequent upon the application, the respondent granted the Appellant an allocation of land by way of a lease. The land is at Block/quarters 87, plot 2, Agodi GRA, Agodi, Ibadan. The appellant was requested to pay the sum of N87,000 for the allocation. He paid it and was issued with a Treasury Receipt No. A720774 of the Ibadan North Local Government dated 22/11/2002. Having paid the required fee, the appellant bought building materials preparatory to carrying out building construction work on the land. It was at that stage that he met a brick wall. The respondent refused to g…
ADIGUN
V.
IBADAN NORTH LOCAL GOVT
(2016) JELR 46480 (CA)
Court of Appeal 21 Mar 2016 Nigeria
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Suit Number:CA/I/343/2014
Judges:HARUNA SIMON TSAMMANI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
OBIETONBARA O. DANIEL-KALIO Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
NONYEREM OKORONKWO Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:T. O. Onipede For Appellant
Kehinde Olawunmi with him, Oluwaseun Kolawole For Respondent
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