S. A. AKINTAN, J.C.A. (Delivering the leading Judgment): The dispute that led to the institution of this case at Ibadan High Court in Oyo State as Suit No. M/367/92 arose over payment due to the plaintiffs, who are now appellants, for compensation due to them in respect of their parcels of land acquired by the government. The parcels of land were acquired in 1963 by the old Western Region Government for the purpose of establishing a farm settlement at Araromi-Akufo in Ibadan. The acquisition notice was published in the Western Region Gazette No.9 Volume 12 of 7th February 1963. It was given Western Nigeria Notice No. 206 of 1963. The plaintiffs filed their claims for compensation shortly after the publication in the Gazette.
About three years after the acquisition, the government paid compensation due in respect of crops found on the land. But compensations due in respect of buildings and land were left unpaid. The government then promised to pay them later. The promise was, however, …