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ZHITSU & ANOR
V.
OGUNDEJI & ORS

(2014) JELR 39900 (CA)

Court of Appeal 13 Feb 2014 Nigeria
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Suit Number:CA/IL/M.34/2013
Judges:RAPHAEL CHIKWE AGBO Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria HUSSEIN MUKHTAR Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria UCHECHUKWU ONYEMENAM Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:Abdulhamid Mohammed Rabiu For Appellant A. A. Daib for the 1st to 4th and 6th RespondentsS. T. Abubakar with him O. T. Mohammed for the 5th Respondent For Respondent

RAPHAEL CHIKWE AGBO, J.C.A. (Delivering the Lead Ruling): The applicants were two of the three applicants on record in suit number KWS/19M/2011 at the High Court of Kwara State sitting at Ilorin. The 3rd applicant is now deceased. In the said Court they prayed as follows:-

"1. A declaration that the proceeding and judgment/decision of the Kwara State boundary committee, headed by the 1st Respondent, with the 2nd to 4th Respondents as members, in the farm land dispute between the applicant (sic) Ekko community in Lafiagi, Edu Local Government Council and the 5th respondent (sic) Esun Dari Community, Patigi Local Government Council is in gross violation of the constitutional of fair hearing under Section 96(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 and liable to be quashed, null and void and of no effect.

2. A declaration that the proceedings and judgment/decision of the 1st to 4th Respondents constituted as Kwara State boundary committee on the land dispute betwee…

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