IBRAHIM MOHAMMED MUSA SAULAWA, J.C.A.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): Most regrettably, the instant appeal belongs to the league of the old appeals that ought to have been disposed-off long ago. Having been entered in 1996, the appeal has had an unwarranted chequered history. The appeal is a fall-out of the ruling of the High Court of Lagos State, Ikeja Judicial Division, which was delivered on July 2, 1993 by the Hon. Justice I. A. Olorunnimbe in Suit No. ID/1337/93.
BACKGROUND FACTS: -
The genesis of the appeal could be traced to June 6, 1993. That was the day on which the Suit in question was filed in the lower court, vide a writ of summons and a statement of claim. By the statement of claim thereof, the Plaintiffs claim jointly and severally against the Defendants various declaratory and injunctive reliefs as follows: -
(i) A declaration that the property consisting of ONE GARRAGE situate, lying and being at No. 2, Onilekere Street, Off Cement Bus Stop, Abeokuta Expressway, Ag…