Ojo council accused of demolishing property despite court order
By Innocent Anaba A property dispute involving Ojo Local Government Area, Lagos State, has taken a fresh turn following allegations that officials of the council demolished a property despite a subsisting judgment of a Lagos State High Court declaring the owner the lawful occupier and restraining further trespass.
According to the claimant, rather than pursue the appeal or await the court’s determination of the pending application for stay of execution, officials of the local government allegedly resorted to self-help.
The court ordered that the claimant should repossess the portion of the land trespassed upon by the defendants and granted a perpetual injunction restraining Ojo council, its agents, servants and assigns from trespassing on the property.
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