OBIETONBARA DANIEL-KALIO, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is over the Ruling of the lower court in an application for an order of interlocutory injunction. In the substantive matter, the respondents in this interlocutory appeal had sued the appellant claiming against the appellant the sum of N25 million as damages for wrongfully entering a parcel of land at Ikija Village Idi Ayunre Ibadan without the knowledge and/or consent of the respondents. The respondents also sought an injunction restraining the appellant, its agents, servants or privies from continuing with the trespass to the land and from carrying on any work on the land to the detriment of the respondents. The respondents' suit against the appellant was filed on 12/7/06.
Not prepared to wait for the conclusion of the matter before getting a relief, the respondents on 16/1/2007 filed a motion on notice dated 10/1/2007 seeking an order of interlocutory injunction to restrain the appellant, its agents, ser…