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• LAND LAW - Ownership of Land - Whether acts of possession and enjoyment of land are evidence of ownership to land

  "There is ample evidence of long possession and acts of ownership by the plaintiffs, and his ancestors before him, extending over a sufficient length of time, numerous and positive enough…

• LAND LAW: Title to Land - Burden of proof in an action for declaration of title to land

  "It is thus for the respondent herein who claims declaration of title to the land in dispute, trespass and injunction against the appellant to establish his title by supplying credible…

• LAND LAW - "Customary right of occupancy" - Meaning of Customary right of occupancy

  ONWEMWUNO AKO V. PETER EJEKWEMU (1976-LCER-1106-SC) “Now Section 4 of the Land Tenure Law declared the whole of the lands of Northern Nigeria, whether occupied or unoccupied, to be native…

• CUSTOMARY LAW - Family Land or Property - Whether family land remains family land irrespective of its allotment

  "It is trite Customary Law that any portion of land allotted to a member of the family to build on and live with his family, unless specifically granted to him…

• LAND LAW - Declaration of Title to Land - The need for land to be identified in a claim for declaration of title to land

  "...a plaintiff in action for a declaration of title must succeed on the strength of his own case and not on the weakness of the defence (see J. M. Kodilinye…