WALI, JSC (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The main issue in contest in this appeal is whether a grant of a Statutory Right of Occupancy (C of O) by the respondents to Oniru Chieftaincy Family over a parcel of land in which the latter had a customary title originally, is a re-allocation of the same parcel of land within the context of the order of interlocutory injunction made by the Court of Appeal not to re-allocate the land in dispute pending the determination of the appeal. It is pertinent to set out the relevant facts involved in this case which are as follows- By a gazette notice published as notice No. 173 in the Lagos State Gazette No. 20 Vol. 5 of 18th August, 1972, the Lagos State Government compulsorily acquired the parcel of land consisting of 3,100 acres known as Maroko in Eti-Osa Local Government and paid compensation of N6,800,000.00 to the Oniru Chieftaincy Family which claimed to own the land so acquired, under customary law. In 1990, the Lagos State Government embar…
KOKORO-OWO
V.
LAGOS STATE GOVT.
(2001) JELR 56243 (SC)
Supreme Court 18 May 2001 Nigeria
Case
Key Passages 3
Citing Cases 32
BriefBot Summary
- The main issue in this case is whether the grant of a Statutory Right of Occupancy by the respondents to the Oniru Chieftaincy Family over a parcel of land is a re-allocation of the same land within the context of an order of interlocutor
Case Details
Suit Number:SC. 153/1995
Judges:SALIHU MODIBBO ALFA BELGORE, JSC ABUBAKAR BASHIR WALI, JSC EMANUEL OBIOMA OGWUEGBU, JSC UTHMAN MOHAMMED, JSC ALOYSIUS IYORGYER KATSINA-ALU, JSC
Counsel:M. I. Quakers, Esq. for the Appellants;
Prof. Yemi Osibajo A.G. Lagos State with S. O. Ishola D.C.L, Lagos State for the Respondents.
Other Citations:(2001) 11 NWLR (Pt. 723) 237
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