ADEREMI, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellants, as plaintiffs, in the court below (High Court of Justice, Ikeja, Lagos State) claimed against the respondents as defendants in the court below, the following reliefs:-
"(a) A declaration that the plaintiffs are still lawful occupants/tenants at the lock-up shops situate lying and being at Planking Road, Aro-Omaba, Allotment, off Medical Road, Lagos whose landlords are the 1st-7th defendants' family while the 8th defendant their representative, overseer and caretaker.
(b) An order of specific performance on the defendants to give effect to the oral agreement entered into with the plaintiffs vides the 8th defendant on or around October, 1985.
(c) An injunction restraining the defendants from taking possession of the said lock-up shops from the plaintiffs, from harassing the plaintiffs or from disturbing the plaintiffs' possession of the said premises in any manner."
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