OKAKI
V.
WUZA & ANOR

(2021) JELR 108786 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/MK/220/2016 · 1 Sep 2021 · Nigeria

CORAM

Ignatius Igwe Agube, JCA Cordelia Ifeoma Jombo-Ofo, JCA Yargata Byenchit Nimpar, JCA

Ratio Decidendi

Core Terms ^Beta

appeal

legal practitioner

writ of summons

trial court

issues

process

apex court

law firm

1st respondent

judgment of the trial court

jurisdiction of the court

2nd respondent

amended notice of appeal

case of the appellant

exhibit a

incompetent originating process

legal practitioners act

mr. adewale adesokan

nasarawa state

notice of appeal

order of perpetual injunction

originating processes

2nd defendant’s father

appellant’s claim

area court

argument of the appellant

claim of the appellant

cordelia ifeoma jombo-ofo

counter-claim of the 1st respondent

customary tenant

customary tenants of the plaintiffs

end of the trial

following manner

jhc okolo san

lack of jurisdiction

law firm of ogwuche akogwu

leading judgment

lead judgment

learned trial judge

legal process ought

name of the counsel

possession of the said farm land

previous proceeding

requisite jurisdiction

said farmland

state of pleadings

suit of the plaintiff

suits no.

trial court warrant

YARGATA BYENCHIT NIMPAR, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the High Court of Justice, Nasarawa State sitting at Keffi delivered by HON. JUSTICE S. A. ANYIWULU on the 26th day of April, 2016 wherein the trial Court dismissed the claim of the Appellant and granted the counter-claim of the 1st Respondent/Counter-Claimant. The Appellant dissatisfied with the judgment filed a Notice of Appeal and later an Amended Notice of Appeal dated 10th August, 2017 and filed on the 14th August, 2017 setting out 9 grounds of Appeal.

Facts leading to this appeal are straight-forward and amenable to brief summary. The Appellant claimed that the land in dispute belong to him having inherited same from his father who in turn inherited the land from his father and went ahead to list the genealogy of his ancestors who have occupied and used the land before getting to his father and later him. He stated that the land was deforested by his ancestor known and called…

OKAKI V. WUZA & ANOR

OKAKI
V.
WUZA & ANOR