HABEEB ADEWALE OLUMUYIWA ABIRU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the High Court of Borno State in Suit No BOHC/KDG/CV/4/2014 delivered by Honorable Justice M. S. Umara on the 6th of June, 2016.
The Respondent commenced the action in the lower Court and his claim was for declaration of ownership of the farmland situate at Ngura Dina Village, an area very close Kautikari Village, and for an order of perpetual injunction. It was the case of the Respondent that the farmland in dispute is bounded on the West by the farm of Baa Watuwa (deceased) who has been succeeded by his son, Pogu Watuwa, thereon, on the South by the farm of Tuksa Papuka (deceased) who has also been succeeded by his son, Mutai Tuksa, thereon, on the East by the farm of Yahi Yaga (deceased) succeeded by his son, Suleiman Yahi, thereon and on the North by the farm of Baa Matafa and the farm is surrounded by streams far behind. It was his case that the farmland was founded and…