Court Gives Fresh Order in Wike Vs Abuja Land Owner Case, Details Surface
- The Abuja high court has given an order of interim injunction restraining the minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, and others from selling a landed property
- Justice Mohammed Zubairu gave the order following an ex-parte motion moved by counsel to the applicant, Reuben Atabo
- Although the motion ex-parte was moved by Atabo on Monday, December 23, its certified true copy was made available to journalists on Tuesday, Tuesday, December 24
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FCT, Abuja - An Abuja high court has given an order of interim injunction restraining Nyesom Wike, the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), and some individuals from selling a landed property.
As reported by Vanguard newspaper, the property is located at Plot No. 4411, Cadastral Zone A09, Guzape District, Abuja.
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Justice Mohammed Zubairu reportedly made the order following an ex-parte motion moved by counsel to the applicant, Reuben Atabo, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
Although the motion ex-parte, marked: M/16807/2024, was moved by Atabo on Monday, December 23, its certified true copy (CTC) was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, December 24.
The judge said:
“The interim order of injunction is to last for a few days pending when all parties are served and appeared before this court for the hearing of the motion on notice.
“Consequently, an order of interim injunction is hereby made restraining the defendants/respondents whether by themselves or agents. privies, servants, workmen and any person howsoever called acting on their behalf from trespassing into and interfering with the claimant’s exclusive possession of the properly.”
Court adjourns Wike's vs Abuja landowner case
The judge, who directed that the motion on notice already filed before the court be served on all the defendants, adjourned the case until Monday, December 30, 2024, for hearing of the substantive suit.
Recall in the motion ex-parte dated and filed on Monday, December 16, the applicant, Nextdora Nigeria Limited, sued Eric Anyamene Nnamdi, Bilikisu Mallam, Wike, and Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) as 1st to 4th defendants respectively.
The company sought four interim orders which were granted.
The fourth relief is an order of Interim injunction restraining the defendants from, among others, developing or assigning the property situated at Plot No.4411, Cadastral Zone Ao9, Guzape District, Abuja.
Wike urged to respect court order
Meanwhile, a social commentator, Femi Bolaji, advised Wike to respect the Abuja high court's order.
Reacting to the latest court's injunction, Bolaji told Legit.ng:
"There is no small court, and every injunction secured from the temple of justice must be respected by all parties involved. Owing to the latest development, I hope the minister himself, who is a trained lawyer, will respect the court.
"I believe he also has options, and he and his legal team can challenge this interim injunction."
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Wike threatened with “deadliest shutdown” in Abuja
Earlier, Legit.ng resident doctors in Abuja gave Wike two weeks to meet their demands, threatening to paralyse medical activities if their requests were not granted.
George Ebong, president of the FCTA Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), commended Wike for his infrastructure strides in Abuja but lamented that doctors were “abandoned projects. Ebong noted that Wike has 14 days to act on their demands to avert what he described as the "deadliest shutdown" of hospitals in the Nigerian capital city.
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