Judgment

1. FRANCIS OKAFOR 2. SAMUEL IFEDIORA 3. PATRICK OKEKE 4. GODI OJUKWU 5. VICTOR NWANYA 6. CHARLES OSURUGBE 7. EMMANUEL OKONKWO 8. CHIEF KENNETH OKONKWO 9. CHIEF H. A. ANADU 10.OBUCHUKWU OJUKWU Appellants And 1. ATTORNEY-GENERAL, ANAMBRA STATE 2. DIRECTOR-GENERAL, BUREAU OF LANDS, SURVEY AND TOWN 3. PLANNING OFFICE OF THE MILITARY ADMINISTRATOR, AWKA Respondents

Court: Supreme Court of Nigeria
Division: Abuja
Date: 03/06/2005

The appeal was allowed. The Supreme Court held that the lower courts had erred in finding the action statute-barred, as the plaintiffs' cause of action arose from the government's continued use of the land for a private purpose, not from the initial notice of acquisition.…

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