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LUGBE & ORS
V.
FEDERAL CAPITAL DEV. AUTHORITY & ORS

(2021) JELR 111346 (CA)

Court of Appeal 1 Feb 2021 Nigeria
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Suit Number:CA/A/595/2014
Judges:STEPHEN JONAH ADAH JCA PETER OLABISI IGE JCA ELFRIEDA WILLIAMS DAWODU JCA
Counsel:P. C. Eze ESQ. and A. A. Idris for the Appellant; Chima Okereke for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Respondents; C. I. Okoye for the 4th Respondent.
Location:Abuja

PETER OLABISI IGE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): By their Amended statement of claim dated and filed on 20th October, 2009, the Appellants as Plaintiffs claimed against the Respondent as Defendants at the lower Court jointly and severally the following reliefs:

"1. A declaration that the plaintiffs are rightful owners of the land by resettlement and indigenes of Sabon Lugbe.

2. An order directing the defendants to stop the threat or further threat to demolish the properties of indigenes of Sabon Lugbe who are lawfully on the layout they were resettled since 1981.

3. An order compelling the defendants, their servants, privies or whosoever to make adequate arrangement to compensate/and or relocate the plaintiffs before carrying out their planned demolition exercise.

4. An order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants, against, servants, privies, jointly and severally from demolishing the plaintiffs’ properties unless and until adequate compensation and/or relocation i…

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