A High Court in the Sagamu Judicial Division of Ogun State has issued an interim injunction restraining the state government from demolishing or interfering with properties owned by former Ogun State governor and current senator, Gbenga Daniel.
The court granted the ex parte order following an affidavit of urgency filed by Daniel and his wife, Olufunke, in Suit No. HCS/371/2025. Justice O.S. Oloyede ruled that immediate judicial intervention was necessary to preserve the claimants' rights pending a full hearing.
The order specifically prohibits the state government, its agents, or any individuals acting on its behalf from carrying out demolition, enforcing a quit notice issued on August 8, 2025, or otherwise interfering with the claimants’ possession of the affected properties. The court further restrained the defendants from engaging in any form of trespass or disruption of the Daniels’ peaceful occupation of the properties until the motion for an interlocutory injunction is heard.
The case has been adjourned to August 19, 2025, for further proceedings.
The legal development follows mounting tensions between Daniel and the Ogun State Government over alleged plans to demolish his Asoludero residence and Conference Hotel in Sagamu. Daniel claims the action is politically motivated and violates due process, pointing out that the properties were built before the enactment of the Ogun State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law No. 61 of 2022.
In response, Governor Dapo Abiodun’s spokesman, Kayode Akinmade, dismissed the allegations, urging Daniel to comply with lawful directives. Akinmade stated that Daniel, like other property owners in the area, had been duly served with statutory notices but failed to provide valid planning permits and land titles within the required timeframe.
He accused the former governor of engaging in “cheap blackmail” rather than following established legal procedures, adding that no one is above the law.
Post a Comment