CORAM

COKER, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

UDOMA, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

OBASEKE, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

PARTIES

K.S. OKEAYA APPELLANTS

RESPONDENTS

AREA(S) OF LAW

SUMMARY OF FACTS

The respondent applied for approval to erect a building on a plot of land and the land allocation committee did not visit the land before approval was granted by the Oba of Bini.

HELD

The court held that the respondent did not prove a proper application and inspection of the land which are indispensable to acquisition of land under Bini Customary Law and that her evidence is inconsistent and contradictory.

ISSUES

Whether the respondent proved title to the land in dispute under Bini Customary Law

RATIONES DECIDENDI

CONDITION PRECEDENT TO ACQUISITION OF TITLE TO LAND UNDER BINI CUSTOMARY LAW

1. Application for approval of title to land and inspection of the land by the land allocation committee are condition precedent to acquisition of title to land under Bini Customary Law. Per Udoma J.S.C

CASES CITED

STATUTES REFERRED TO

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