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• CUSTOMARY LAW - Benin/Bini Land Tenure System - Procedure for acquisition of title to land under Bini customary law

  "I must therefore remind myself of the procedure for acquisition of land under Bini customary law as has been repeatedly set down by this Court in the following authorities: K.S.…

• CUSTOMARY LAW - Application of Customary Law - Position of the law on the applicability of customary law to disputes

  " The clear provisions of Section 20(1) are that the local customary law of a place is the appropriate customary law applicable in land matters in that area." Per COKER,…

• LAND LAW - Proof of title to land - Identity of land - Duty of the Plaintiff to show the court clearly the area of land to which his claim relates

  OKON UDOFE V. CHIEF AKPAN AQUAISUA (1973-LCER-8065-SC) “It must be remembered, however, that apart from the issue of estoppel, the learned trial Judge disbelieved the plaintiffs/appellants both as to the…

• CUSTOMARY LAW - Benin/Bini Land Tenure System - Need for inspection of a land sought to be acquired under Bini customary law; purpose of same

  "The need for inspection of a plot of land sought to be acquired, if the piece of land is not within the Ward's Plot Allotment Committee's layout, under Benin customary…

• CUSTOMARY LAW - Benin/Bini Land Tenure System - Whether an application for a grant of land under Bini customary law must be dated

  "There is also merit in learned counsel for the appellant's submission that there is nothing in the procedure for acquiring land under Bini customary law which requires that the application…