ONIYANGI JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The appellants herein are the plaintiff in the lower court wherein they were claiming against the respondent who was the defendant.
In their further amended statement of claim of 33 paragraphs filed on 20 December 2005, they claimed against the defendant/respondent as follows: A declaration that the plaintiffs are persons entitled to the grant of customary right of occupancy in respect of the piece of farmland situated alongAkinwunmi- Babalegba village road on Abeokuta - Ayetoro, Road, known as Arije farmland, which land is bounded by Olugbodun, Idere, Ogagun farmlands and the Akinwunmi-Babalegba village road, more particularly delineated on survey plan No. LAKS/OG/2001/809, drawn by K. Oluokun licenced surveyor.
N5,000,000:00 (five million naira), being general and special damages for the defendant’s act of trespass. Particulars of special damages 2,000 economic trees destroyed, valued N1,000,000:00 10,000 food crops destroyed, valued N1…