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AKINDELE
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KURANGA

(2026) JELR 115450 (CA)

Court of Appeal 10 Jun 2026 Nigeria
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Suit Number:Suit No: CA/IB/202/2021
Judges:Biobele Abraham Georgewill, JCA, Kenneth Ikechukwu Amadi, JCA, Fadawu Umaru, JCA
Counsel:Chief Rotimi Akomolafe, with him, I. R. Enabulele, Esq. for the Appellant(s) The Respondent, though served with hard copy of Hearing Notice through counsel on 14/4/2020, was neither was present nor represented by counsel at the hearing of this Appeal for the Respondent(s)

BIOBELE ABRAHAM GEORGEWILL, J.C.A. (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Ogun State, Ota Division Coram: E. A. Fabamwo J, in Suit No. HCT/69/2013: Mr. Samsiondeen Nosiru Akindele V. Alaji Saliu Folorunsho Kuranga delivered on 28/8/2020, in which the claim of declaration of title to the land in dispute by the Appellant, as Claimant, against the Respondent, as Defendant, was dismissed for lacking in merit.

The Appellant was peeved with the said judgment and had appealed against it vide their notice of appeal filed on 27/11/2020 on four grounds of appeal. See pp 438 - 441 of the record of appeal. The record of appeal was compiled and transmitted to this Court on 6/8/2021. Subsequently, with the leave of the Court, the amended notice of appeal was filed on 14/4/2022 on four grounds of appeal and was properly deemed and filed on 4/3/2026. The Appellant filed Appellant’s brief, which was served on the Respondent on 28/6/2024, but the Resp…

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