MSHELIA JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The appellant (as plaintiff in the court below) by a writ of summons and an amended statement of claim dated 17 November 2003 claimed against the 1st respondent, the following reliefs:
“1. A declaration that the plaintiff is entitled to the statutory right of occupancy in respect of all that piece or parcel of land with appurtenances (comprising, among others, two flats known as Block 200, Flats 2 and 4, Lagos State Development and Properties Corporation, Medium Income Housing Estate, Ijaiye-Ogba, Agege, Lagos State) measuring approximately 477.775 square metres x2, more particularly delineated and edged red in a Survey Plan No. LAKS/LA/97/0935 made by O.K. Oluokun, registered surveyor, and bounded by survey Pillars No. LSAA3355, LSAA3354, LSAA3353, CPL and CP2 and filed along with the statement of claim. Possession of the premises comprising all that piece or parcel of land, with appurtenances (comprising among others, two Flats 2 and 4, L…