• a
  Against all the Defendants
• 1
  Declaration that the members of Oriare family of Oriare compound are the persons entitled to apply for and granted the certificate of Statutory rights of occupancy in respect of a piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being at Apete Area of Ibadan excepting the areas already granted by the Plaintiff's family absolutely and more particularly described and odgo (sic) Green on Plan No. LW551/87 of 23-11-87 drawn by L. Layi Arinola licensed surveyor of Ibadan.
• 2
  Injunction against the Defendants, their heirs, agents and servants and all manner of persons that may be claiming through them from committing any act of trespass, entering and/or doing anything whatsoever with the said land.
• 3
  Five Thousand Naira (N5,000.00) from each of the Defendants being damages for trespass being committed by each of the Defendants on the said land.

Pleadings were settled. Hearing commenced and closed. Addresses by learned Counsel for the respective parties were taken by the trial Court. At the end, the learned trial Judge made several orders including grant, forteiture, injunction etc. Some of the parties were dissatisfied with the trial Court's decision. Notices of Appeals including cross-appeals were, as a result, filed to the Ibadan Division of Appeal (Court below). The main appeal and the cross appeal were each, partly allowed by the Court below. The present Appellants were dissatisfied with the portion which dismissed their appeal and they now appealed to this Court. The cross-Appellants also challenged that portion of the lower Court's decision with which they were dissatisfied.