The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Inspector-General of Police and his officers to immediately vacate the premises of popular Foreshore Towers in Ikoyi, Lagos.
In a ruling issued by Justice Daniel Osiagor, the court frowned at the “flagrant disobedience of its order to maintain status quo given on the 23rd of May, 2023,” and ordered “That the Inspector General of Police and his subordinates should hereby vacate the premises immediately and revert possession to the earlier possessee – the Plaintiff.”
The court also ordered the Bureau of Public Enterprise to within 7 days file in the court affidavit of facts “signifying their withdrawal from the premises in complying with the Court Order and undertaking not to enter the premises during the pendency of this case.”
Justice Osiagor adjourned the substantive suit to October 30, 2023 “for Defence of the 1st and 6th Defendants.”
The order followed an application brought by the law firm of Rickey Tarfa & Co. on behalf of the Plaintiff, Associated Property Development Company Limited, praying the court to order the police to vacate the premises which were forcefully sealed.
The Plaintiff had in 2008 sued the Federal Ministry of Communication & Technology and six other defendants over a development lease granted the company by the ministry.
