Abuja Market Dispute: Court fixes Nov 13 for hearing

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri

ABUJA– A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting astatine Maitama, connected Tuesday, slated November 13 to perceive a quality surrounding the Apo Resettlement Market Scheme.

Justice Halilu Yusuf directed each the parties to speech the indispensable processes to guarantee the expeditious determination of the case.

At the halfway of the quality is crippled 1729, Cadastral Zone E27, Apo District, Abuja, wherever a multi-billion-naira marketplace task is being developed.

Two developers-  Dr. Shuaibu Musari and Techs & Concretes Nigeria Ltd-  who were initially listed arsenic defendants successful the suit marked: CV/467/2024, are praying the tribunal to grant the sum of N850million to them arsenic punitive outgo against the Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, Investment Development Company Ltd and 2 others.

In a question they filed done their squad of lawyers led by Mr. Realwan Okpanachi, the defendants alleged that the marketplace task was continued successful disobedience to a subsisting bid the tribunal made connected April 15.

They noted that the tribunal had successful its ruling, granted an interlocutory injunction that restrained each the parties from continuing immoderate signifier of operation enactment connected the site, pending the determination of the ineligible action.

According to the defendants, contempt bid for parties to support presumption quo, the claimants proceeded with operation successful the market.

Consequently, speech from the punitive action, they prayed the tribunal to bid the demolition of immoderate operation that was built connected the disputed land, successful usurpation of the interim injunction.

Alternatively, the defendants applied for an order, directing the Inspector-General of Police, FCT Commissioner of Police, and the Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, to seal the spot truthful arsenic to sphere the taxable substance of the litigation earlier the court.

In an affidavit that was filed successful enactment of the motion, the Applicant maintained that unless the tribunal intervened, the suit already pending earlier it would go an world exercise.

The defendants told the tribunal that Techs and Concretes had entered into a associated task statement with the 3rd claimant, Manillah Integrated Partners Ltd, to service arsenic the financier, co-developer and sole marketer for the project.

It told the tribunal the claimants subsequently acted successful breach of the statement and unilaterally continued the marketplace development.

The defendants further averred that successful a bid to debar accountability, the claimants filed the suit that led to the interim orders that were allegedly flouted.

Justice Halilu had successful his ruling, affirmed the validity of the associated task agreement, adjacent arsenic helium declared that the defendants demonstrated capable ineligible involvement to beryllium entitled to extortion nether the law.

He granted the interlocutory injunction successful the involvement of justness and just play.

Following the ruling, the defendants, accompanied by information officials, pasted copies of the tribunal bid connected the disputed operation site.

However, successful their caller motion, the defendants alleged that the tribunal bid was not obeyed.

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