MUKHTAR JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): In the court below , the appellantswho were then the plaintiffs sought the followingreliefs against the respondents in their proposed statement of claim which was deemed as properly filed by the order of court of 7/4/93. A The plaintiffs’ clan (Daress clan) is a ward on its own and should be included in the gazette.
The Saf Daress be accorded full recognition with full rights and privileges enjoyed by the other four wards in Mbar village , namely Ungwa Madaki, Ungwa Chiroma, Ungwa Galadima, and Ungwa Saf.
Or in the alternative The Daress ward be given the status of a village head independent of Mbar village head, and accountable only to the district head of Bokkos. The plaintiffs/appellants’ claim was that their clan and Palmang clan produced the Galadima of Mbar village until a village head, Mbar Maren proposed that succession to the stool of Galadima of Mbar be left only to the family that first occupied it. Members of Palmang clan claim…