A High Court sitting in Sagamu has constrained the Ogun State government from demolition the private residence and a hotel belonging to former governor, Gbenga Daniel.
The presiding judge, O.S. Oloyede, issued the restraining order on Tuesday following an ex parte application submitted by A.M. Kotoye, counsel to Daniel.
The application was filed by Daniel and his wife, Olufunke.
The respondents are governor of Ogun State, Attorney-General of Ogun, Ogun State Planning & Development Permit Authority, and Ogun State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development.
“AN EX PARTE ORDER of this Honourable Court restraining the Defendants/Respondents and their Agents, Allies, Proxies, Assigns, Cronies, Servants, etc and any other person(s), howsoever described, either claiming through them or acting on their behalf, in whatsoever manner, upon their authority/instructions, from demolishing or in any way or manner tampering with the property known as Asoludero Court, situate, lying and being at Block 1, Plots 7 and 8 and of Block XXXVIII, Plot 1 and 12, within the amended part of the Government Reservation Area, Sagamu, now known as Awolowo Avenue, Sagamu, measuring approximately, 1,659 hectares, more particularly plan No. SA. 160 (OG) attached to the old Certificate of Occupancy No 024698 dated the 21 April, 2005, later replaced by a new computerized Certificate of Occupancy No. LUD3/LR2693 and dated 20th January, 2010 and/or giving effect to the Defendants/Respondents’ Quit Notice dated 8th August, 2025, pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice herein filed,” the ex parte application reads.
After the application was moved by Kotoye, Oloyede restrained the respondents and their agents from tampering or demolishing the property of the applicants.
The presiding judge adjourned hearing on the application for interlocutory injunction to August 19, 2025.
Another ex parte application was filed by Conference Hotel Limited and Blue Chapel Limited owned by the former governor and filed against the same respondents over demolition of their property in Ogun.
Ruling on the ex parte application, Oloyede restrained the Ogun government and its agents from demolishing the hotel.
