Mallam Yusuf Olagunju V. Chief E. O. Adesoye (2009)

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S. MUNTAKA-COOMASSIE, J.S.C. 

This is an appeal against the Judgment of the Court of Appeal Ilorin Division, herein after referred to as Court below. The Judgment was given on 22/01/2003 in which the appellant’s appeal against the Judgment of the trial court delivered on 9/05/2002, by Oyeyipo C.J was dismissed and the trial court’s decision affirmed.

I think the facts of this case are straightforward and brief. It is a land matter. The 1st Respondent, Chief E. O. Adesoye, applied for a grant of certificate of occupancy from the Kwara State Government for the construction of a Secondary School, which application was granted Vide Exhibit Im herewith reproduced as follows:

MGD LSPD

Telephone Ilorin

331-22173

Telegrams

Ref. No LAN/ARO/COMM/IV: 117/115

Military Governors Office

Dept. of Lands, Surveys & Physical Development

Private Mailbag 1425

llorin, Kwara State.

Chief E. O. Adesoye,

18A Sultan Road,