DATKEM: Court grants Yeye Olufunke Daniel's right to secure property, eight months after

An High Court sitting in Ijebu-Ode under the Lordship of Justice Hassan Oyajinmi, has granted the owner of DATKEM property, located on Folagbade road, Ijebu-Ode, Yeye Olufunke Daniel, right to secure the property allegedly destroyed by agents of the Ogun State Government, eight months after.

Yeye Daniel who is the claimant in the matter had dragged the Attorney General of Ogun State; Ogun State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development; Ogun State Planning Development Permit Authority and Ogun State Building Production Management Authority as defendants.

Daniel’s wife has filed a Motion on Notice dated January 4th ,2024 and filed on 16th January,2024, seeking and order of interlocutory injunction against the defendants/respondents , their agents, privies, staff etc from further trespass or doing any act(s) or conduct which may negatively affect the claimants/Applicants proprietary right in the subject matter herein pending the hearing or determination of this suit.

An Order of the Court appointing the Chief Registrar of this Court or any other officer or whom the Chief Registrar may do appoint/nominate in conjunction with the parties herein to enter, inspect, take inventory of the extent of the destruction/demolition of the property, the subject matter of this suit , ascertain the value and give evidence of same during trial.

An Order of this Honourable Court allowing the Registrar of the Court or any other officer and whom the Registrar may so appoint/nominate along with the Claimant/Applicant , to enter the property the subject matter herein and remove under listed unused items, that were bought for the completion of the property subject of the suit before the unlawful invasion and sealing by thr 1st -3rd Defendants /Respondents and which occured on the 10th of September, 2023, at about 3.30am.

In his ruling, Justice Oyajinmi, however said that in the interest of Justice, the Claimants/ Applicants motion ex- parte dated 21st February 2024 which was ordered to be made on notice the purport of which is for an Order permitting the Applicant to seek for the protection of the property subject matter of the suit in view of the withdrawal of Police protection and continued alleged pilfering of the items in there to which thr learned Solicitor General by the letter dated 28th January,2024, had stated that the defendants are at liberty to provide such protection if they so desire.

“I am inclined to granting an Order permitting the Claimants/Applicants to provide own security over the property pending the hearing and determination of this action, but not to proceed to carry out any development on the property subject matter of this suit,” Justice Oyajinmi added.