KATSINA-ALU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The plaintiff Alhaji A. Ahamadu instituted an action in the Rivers State High Court against the Attorney-General of Rivers State, Rivers State Housing and Property Development Authority and Mr. Pepple Owen Solomon in respect of the property situate at No. 139 Victoria Street, Port Harcourt. The plaintiff claimed against the defendants jointly and severally for:
"(a) A declaration that the property in dispute had been validly approved for sale to the plaintiff.
(b) An order directing the Housing and Property Development Authority to communicate to the plaintiff the value of the property in dispute so that the plaintiff can pay for same.
(c) A declaration that the purported sale of the property in dispute by the Abandoned Property Implementation Committee in 1978 to Mr. Pepple is null, void and of no effect whatsoever since the said property was never an abandoned property at the time of the purported sale and as a result the Certif…