AJAO
V.
IKOLABA
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G. S. SOWEMIMO, J.S.C. (Reading the Judgment of the Court, prepared by ADEMOLA C.J.N.): This is an appeal from the judgment of the Western State Court of Appeal. The case originated from the Ogbomosho Grade C 1 Customary Court, and the plaintiff's claim in that case is "for a declaration of ownership and title at Okeke Area Oke Otta Quarters, Ogbomosho, bounded at the front by Adeogun's house, at the back of Akata stream, at the right by Ibapon compound, and left by the Baptist School Ijeru." The court after a lengthy hearing followed by an inspection of the land, dismissed the plaintiff's claim, whereupon the plaintiff appealed to the Magistrate's Court where the appeal was dismissed. The plaintiff was dissatisfied and he appealed to the High Court where again his appeal was dismissed. He then appealed to the Western State Court of Appeal which granted his appeal and gave him a declaration of title to the land in the following terms:
"The order of this Court is that declaration of ow…