HABEEB ADEWALE OLUMUYIWA ABIRU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the High Court of Kano State delivered in Suit No K/607/2008 by Honorable Justice Abdullahi Mahmoud Bayero on the 11th of June, 2014. The first Respondent was the claimant before the lower Court and the second and third Respondents and the Appellant were the first to third defendants respectively. The claims of the first Respondent were:
i. A declaration that the first Respondent is the rightful owner of the piece of land located at Unguwar Tishama Hotoro, Nassarawa District of Kano State of Nigeria, more particularly, described by Kano Survey Plan No MS/2000.
ii. A mandatory order directing the second Respondent to issue the first Respondent with the statutory right of occupancy covering the said piece of land.
iii. An order of the Court invalidating the Certificates of Occupancy issued to the Appellant by the second Respondent in respect of the plots of land.
iv. An order of …