The Oyo State High Court in Ibadan has awarded N100 million damages against the Nigerian Army, and 2 Division, Ibadan, for illegally acquiring part of the Ajigbotosho family land at Alagbade village.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in suit No: I/642/2018, the claimants, representatives of all who purchased parcels of land from the Ajigbotosho family, instituted action against the Chief of Army Staff, and General Officer Commanding 2 Division, Ibadan.
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Other defendants are: Garrison Commander, Nigeria Army Garrison, Odogbo, Ibadan, Commandant 42 Mechanised Engineers; Col. Yunusa Yusuf and other unknown trespassers.
The claimants had also sought an injunction restraining the defendants from further trespass on the land.
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Delivering judgment, on Monday, the judge, Oyeyemi Ajayi, resolved all the issues in favour of the claimants, who are all civilians and representatives of all who purchased parcels of land from the family in the area.
He said, “Ajigbotosho family layout at Alagbede Village, Ibadan, is contained in layout No RAK/ MISC/637 as prepared by Surveyor R. A. Kadiri, as used in the dispute survey No. OY/297/2006/DS05
“The survey, which was jointly prepared by Surveyor A. A. Adeyemi, dated April 13, 2006, was not within the Army acquired land at Odogbo Barracks, Ibadan, is granted
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“The defendants, their servants, agents, privies or anybody through them are hereby restrained from further trespassing on the claimants land at Ajigbotosho family layout, Alagbede, Ibadan.
“This court hereby grants N100 million as general damage, against the defendants,”the judge said.
NAN reports that the claimants represented by their lawyer, Abioye Oloyede-Asanke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), are: Alex Adio, Tunde Taiwo and Tunde Akinlolu, as representatives of all that purchased land from Ajigbotosho family at Alagbede Layout, Ibadan.
Earlier, the first to fourth defendants had filed notice of preliminary objection seeking the dismissal of the suit on the grounds that the case was pending in another court.
However, the judge threw out the preliminary objection and held that the subject matter were not the same in the two cases.
(NAN)
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