JOSEPH OLUBUNMI KAYODE OYEWOLE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court of Akwa Ibom State sitting in Uyo Judicial Division delivered on the 2nd day of November, 2015 by WINIFRED EFFIONG J.
Following a dispute with the Appellant over a piece of land situate at Idikpoi Idu (later known as Atiamkpat Idu) in Idu Uruan, Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, the Respondents took out a writ of summons at the trial Court against the Appellant seeking the following reliefs:
(a) A declaration that all that parcels/pieces of land- Obot Idikpoi, Idu (Ataimkpat Idu) lying and situate at Idikpoi Idu (Ataimkpat) in Idu Uruan, Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State is the bonafide property of the Estate of the late Etinyin Nsini Effiong Ufeh of Idu Uruan.
(b) A declaration that act of the Defendant trespassing into the parcels/pieces of land as aforesaid without the consent and authority of the Claimants is illegal, null and v…