MUKHTAR, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): In the court below the plaintiff who is now the respondent in this appeal claimed the following reliefs in his statement of claim, which supersedes the writ. See Korobotei v. Obubo (1999) 9 NWLR (Pt.620) 655.
(a) An order of specific performance compelling the defendants jointly and severally to conclude the agreement assignment in respect of property situate and lying at No. 4A Ahmadu Close Damboa Road, GRA., Maiduguri between the plaintiff and the defendant by delivering of the title deeds and physical possession of the said property to the plaintiff.
Or in the alternative
An order for the repayment to the plaintiff the sum of N625,000.00 by the defendants being the sum collected by the defendants from the plaintiff as consideration for the assignment of the said property.
N50,000.00 general damages for breach of the said contract of assignment.
(b) The cost of this suit.
Briefly put, the case of the plaintiff is that the plainti…