A Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja, has issued a pre-emptive ex-parte order of injunction restraining the Lekki Peninsula Phase 1 Resident Association from trespassing, encroaching or carrying out construction on the piece of land belonging to the Lekki Estate Ferry Terminal Limited.

This followed a suit marked ID/4733LM/2024 instituted by the Lekki Estate Ferry Terminal Limited against the Association.

Giving the order, Justice M. A Savage, said it was based on an application dated February 19, 2024 brought pursuant to paragraphs 1&2 on page 07 of the (Expeditious disposal of civil cases) Practice Direction No. 2 of 2019 made pursuant to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and Section 89 (1) of the High Court Law of Lagos State CAP H3 2015 and under the inherent jurisdiction of the honourable court.

The claimant had filed a 21-paragraphed affidavit deposed to by Hakeem Alobo dated February 19, 2024 and a written address dated same day.

The claimant’s counsel, Gbenga Ojo, moved the application.

Justice Savage, in his ruling, subsequently granted the pre-emptive ex-parte order of injunction restraining the defendant whether by themselves, their agents, servants, whosoever called from encroaching, further encroaching, trespassing or carrying on any development and construction on the property of the applicant particularly delineated in the Lekki Peninsula Scheme 1, Lekki Jetty, Eti Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State pending full compliance with the applicable pre-action protocol for the commencement of a formal suit under the Practice Direction No 2 of 2019.

He adjourned the matter to April 23, 2024 for further directive.

The Lekki Estate Ferry Terminal Limited is 40 percent owned by the Lagos State government which gave a piece of land in Lekki as its equity and Alobo-led group of investors owning the remaining 60 percent.

The jetty is expected to serve the people of the area and surroundings by connecting them to Lagos Island and other areas by water.

Trouble, however, started when the resident association said the land had been given to them in 2006 by the state government.

The state government, through the Office of the Surveyor-General later shared the land between the firm and the association, but workers of the company were prevented from starting construction work on the jetty last month leading to the law suit. (Daily Independent)

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