MAHMUD MOHAMMED, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The Appellant in this appeal was the Plaintiff at the trial High Court of Justice Ekiti State sitting at Ijero - Ekiti where he filed an action against the Respondent and one other person as Defendants and claimed a number of reliefs arising from the management and control of the Total filling Station at Ifaki-Ekiti in Ekiti State.
The circumstances that gave rise to the dispute between the parties originated from Dealership and Lease Agreements between the father of the Appellant, now deceased, and the Respondent Company. The relationship started in 1960 when the Appellant's father Chief S. Ajayi leased a plot of land located at Ifaki Road junction, Ifaki - Ekiti to the Respondent for a term of 50 years subject to periodic revision which was to expire in the year 2010 subject to renewal. Pursuant to the relationship, the Respondent erected a Petrol Filling Station on the land and appointed the Appellant's father a dealer at t…