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JOVINCO NIGERIA LTD & ANOR
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IBEOZIMAKO

(2014) JELR 36427 (CA)

Court of Appeal 27 Jun 2014 Nigeria
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- The case concerned a dispute over ownership of commercial premises at W2 Ahmadu Bello Way, Kaduna, between the respondent (plaintiff) who claimed to have inherited the property via inter vivos gift from his late father, and the appellants

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Suit Number:CA/K/345/2010
Judges:UWANI MUSA ABBA AJI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria HABEEB ADEWALE OLUMUYIWA ABIRU Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria AMINA AUDI WAMBAI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:R. T. Adekoya For Appellant Basil C. Nwogu with C. J. Nwogu For Respondent
Other Citations:(2016) 2 NWLR (Pt. 1496) 278, (2014) JELR 72940 (CA)

AMINA AUDI WAMBAI, J.C.A. (Delivering The Leading Judgment): This appeal is from the decision of Kaduna State High Court in suit No. KDH/KAD/207/2001 delivered on 15th April, 2010 by E. Inuwa J. wherein judgment was entered for the Respondent against the Appellant and which also dismissed the Appellant's counter-claim.

At the Lower Court, the Respondent as the plaintiff claimed against the Appellants (as defendants) as follows:

"26. WHEREOF the plaintiff claim against the defendants jointly and severally, as follows;

1. The Honourable Courts' declaration that the premises W2 Ahmadu Bello Way, Kaduna is the property of the plaintiff having inherited same from the late father Ibeozimako, according to the Igbo native law custom.

2. An order ejecting the defendants from the premises W2 Ahmadu Bello Way Kaduna and handing over to the plaintiff a vacant possession of the stores/shops occupied by the defendants in the main premises.

3. A perpetual injunction restraining the defendants by t…

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