The Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday fixed November 6 for hearing in a suit filed against Senator Iyabo Obasanjo and others over a property dispute in Abuja.
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Justice Mohammed Umar fixed the date after counsel for the plaintiffs, Abniyilo Na’allah, sought an adjournment, citing the inability to serve the defendants in the suit.
At the resumed hearing, only Na’allah appeared in court, while no lawyer represented the defence. Na’allah then informed the court that the plaintiffs were yet to put their processes in order and sought an adjournment.
Justice Umar subsequently adjourned the matter until November 6 for hearing.
The plaintiffs, ABB Electrical Systems Limited and Yohana Margif, dragged Obasanjo and other co-defendants to court over a dispute concerning a parcel of land located at Plot 4254, Cadastral Zone A04, measuring approximately 1.67 hectares in the Asokoro District of the FCT, Abuja.
Other defendants in the suit include former FCT senator Philip Aduda; Ismail Iron; John Mbata; Jamaila Sani Alhassan; Altine Jibrin, and unknown persons listed as the 2nd to 7th defendants.
The case is before Justice Inyang Ekwo.
Justice Ekwo had earlier, on January 28, refused to grant an ex-parte motion filed by the plaintiffs after Na’allah moved the application. The plaintiffs had sought an interim injunction restraining the defendants from entering, trespassing, altering, or modifying the property pending determination of the suit.
Instead, the judge directed the plaintiffs to put the defendants on notice to allow them an opportunity to respond.
The motion, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/67/2025, was dated January 13 but filed on January 17. In their argument, the plaintiffs insisted they were the rightful owners of the land, having been granted a statutory Right of Occupancy by the Federal Capital Development Administration (FCDA).
They argued that allowing the defendants to tamper with the land would cause irreparable damage and render any eventual judgment nugatory.
Margif, in an affidavit, stated that the company was allocated the land on May 23, 2006, and intended to commence development in compliance with the terms of the statutory Right of Occupancy.
He alleged that the recent activities of the defendants, including Senator Obasanjo, who represented Ogun Central Senatorial District between 2007 and 2011, had become a source of concern.
The plaintiffs therefore urged the court to grant their application in the interest of justice.
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