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HADEJIA
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LADAN & ORS

(2018) JELR 38457 (CA)

Court of Appeal 23 Apr 2018 Nigeria
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Suit Number:CA/J/152/2014
Judges:ADZIRA GANA MSHELIA JCA UCHECHUKWU ONYEMENAM JCA HABEEB ADEWALE OLUMUYIWA ABIRU JCA
Counsel:Joseph E. Chukwuemeka For the Appellant; A. H. Umar, CSC MoJ Bauchi with him, U. B. Babayo, CSC MoJ Bauchi for 1st & 2nd Respondents; Naseer M. Jumba for the 3rd Respondent.

HABEEB ADEWALE OLUMUYIWA ABIRU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The action leading up to this appeal was commenced by the late father of the Appellant, Dr. Muhammad Lawal Hadejia, in the High Court of Bauchi State, the lower Court, against the Respondents and it was by way of an application for judicial review for an order of certiorari to quash and question the entire proceedings, judgments, rulings and decisions of the first Respondent in Suit No PDCVI/38CV/2013 Mahmud A. D. Rufai v. Dr. Muhammad Lawal Hadejia and pursuant to which the late father of the Appellant, along with his family including the Appellant, was forcefully and illegally ejected and dispossessed of the property lying at No 23, Makurdi Road, Old GRA Bauchi.

Sequel to the leave granted him by the lower Court, the late father of the Appellant filed a motion on notice dated the 11th of September, 2013 and the reliefs sought thereon read thus:

i. A declaration that the commencement of Suit No PDCVI/38CV/2013 Ma…

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