HAMANDA & ORS
V.
OJUEKUN

(2018) JELR 38907 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/IL/85/2017 · 5 Jul 2018 · Nigeria

CORAM

MOJEED ADEKUNLE OWOADE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria CHIDI NWAOMA UWA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria HAMMA AKAWU BARKA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria

Core Terms ^Beta

appellants

appeal

suit no. uacl

respondent

case

suit no. kws

respondents family

trial court

committal proceeding

appeal no. ca

learned trial judge

grounds of appeal

notice of preliminary objection

subject matter

supreme court

lower court

learned counsel

preliminary objection

record of appeal

respondents counsel

court of appeal

saadu ojuekun vs. kuranga akanbi

high court

upper area court

effect of ground

jurisdiction of the court

landlords of the present appellants

leading judgment

necessary parties

order of the court

applicants affidavit

applicants appeal

appointed caretaker families

argument of the learned counsel

commencement of the said suit no. uacl

considered ruling of this court

enforcement order of the court

enforcement order of the judgment

issue of estoppel

joinder of the said landlords of the appellants

point of law

proposed ground of appeal

proposed notice of appeal

reason of judgment

respondents family claim

ruling of the kwara state high court

said notice of preliminary objection

said ruling

subject of appeal no. kws

vast parcel of land

MOJEED ADEKUNLE OWOADE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an Appeal against the decision/ruling of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin Judicial Division in Suit No. KWS/44M/2012 presided over by Hon. Justice M. A. Folayan delivered on 17/01/2017. In the said Ruling, the learned trial Judge dismissed the application dated and filed on 04/07/2016 which challenged the competence, jurisdiction of the Court to entertain the committal proceeding initiated by the Respondent against the Appellants.

By reason of Judgment in Suit No. UACL/CV.2/74 between SAADU OJUEKUN V. KURANGA AKANBI AND AMINU AKANO, the Respondents family obtained Judgment for title over a vast parcel of land located within an area called Oke Moro and Odo Weru in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State against the appointed Caretaker Families namely: Kuranga Akanbi and Aminu Akano.

At the commencement of the said Suit No. UACL/CVF/2/74 the first 1st Defendant therein i.e. Kuranga Akanbi conceded to the Responde…

HAMANDA & ORS V. OJUEKUN

HAMANDA & ORS
V.
OJUEKUN