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EMELIE & ORS
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FEDERAL HOUSING AUTHORITY

(2016) JELR 42307 (CA)

Court of Appeal 23 Jun 2016 Nigeria
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- The appellants, lessees of various plots in Festac Town, Lagos under 98-year leases with the Federal Housing Authority, challenged the general revocation of their leasehold interests published by the respondent in the Guardian Newspapers

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Suit Number:CA/L/1049/2013
Judges:JOSEPH SHAGBAOR IKYEGH Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria SAMUEL CHUKWUDUMEBI OSEJI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria YARGATA BYENCHIT NIMPAR Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:A.O.S Hodonu with him, O. Hodonu and Laura Erukunuakpor (Miss) For Appellant O.T. Opara with him, S.O Obajaja and A.N. Aribisala For Respondent

SAMUEL CHUKWUDUMEBI OSEJI, JCA (DELIVERING THE LEADING JUDGMENT): This appeal is against the Ruling of the Federal High Court, Lagos Division, delivered by M.N Yunusa J. on the 21st day of October 2013 wherein the suit filed by the plaintiff (now appellant) was struck out on the grounds of misjoinder of parties and cause of action. By an originating summons filed on the 11th day of May 2002 the appellants herein, as plaintiffs sought the determination of the following questions by the lower court. To wit:

1. Whether the defendant, by virtue of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, the Land Use Act Cap 202, The Federal Housing Authority Act, Cap 136, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990 and the Contract between the Federal Housing Authority and the Lessees of various plots of land in Festac Town, has the authority and power to revoke the plots of land duly leased to the plaintiffs by the defendant.

2. Whether the purported revocation made by the defendant in Guard…

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