AYOBODE OLUJIMI LOKULO-SODIPE, J.C.A.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appeal is against the judgment delivered on 6/12/2013 by the High Court of Abia State presided over by Hon. Justice K.C. Nwankpa (hereafter to be simply referred to as the lower Court and learned trial Judge respectively).
The case was tried upon pleadings filed and exchanged by the parties with the Respondents who were Plaintiffs before the lower Court claiming against the Appellants as Defendants the following: -
1. A declaration by the Honourable Court that the Plaintiff (sic) that is Ndi Uma Paternal family of Okon-Aku, Ohafia is (sic) the prime and rightful owner (sic) in possession of the following parcels of land, that is to say: (i) Igbun (ii) Obiori (iii) Orua Mini (iv) OruaOyong (a.k.a. ARUKU) (v) OruaOzara (vi) OruaEtiti, (vii) Odobi lying and situate at Okon-Aku in Ohafia Local Government Area within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court.
2. A declaration by the Honourable Court that the Plaintiff…