meaning of "Occupier"
"The Land Use Act has defined in section 50 "occupier" to mean any person lawfully occupying land under customary law and a person using or occupying land in accordance with customary law and includes a sub-lessee and sub-under-lessee of a holder. A sub-lessee and sub-under-lessee under customary law are and fall under the category of customary tenants."PER OBASEKI, J.S.C. (P. 85, paras. D-E) GARUBA ABIOYE & ORS. V. SA'ADU YAKUBU & ORS(1991) LPELR-43(SC)
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