Court restrains Gov Abiodun, others from community land

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta

The Ogun State High Court, sitting successful Sagamu, connected Monday extended by 3 months, the interim injunction restraining Governor Dapo Abiodun, his agents, Industrial Platform Remo Limited, and Arise Integrated Industrial Platform from further trespassing connected 15,309 acres of onshore belonging to Ilara Remo successful the Remo North Local Government Area of the state.

Justice O. S. Oloyede, astatine the resumed proceeding of the suit, marked HCS/377/2025 and dated August 18, 2025, ordered the hold of the interlocutory injunction which was granted earlier connected September 1st, to let counsels to the defendants to regularise their papers earlier the court.

Mr. M. O. Enitan who stood successful for Olasupo Sashore, SAN, counsel for the archetypal defendants, Governor Abiodun, Mr. W. A. Onawole from the State Ministry of Justice and counsel to the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, arsenic good arsenic Bureau of Land and Mr. M. O. Mordi, counsel to the 4th defendant, Industrial Platform Remo, each told the tribunal that they were yet to regularise their papers earlier the court.

Counsel to the claimants, Dr. Olumide Ayeni, SAN, therefore, successful the airy of the submissions by the counsels to the defendants, pleaded for the hold of the injunction bid pending the adjacent adjournment date.

Justice Oloyede, portion acceding to the petition of the claimants, truthful fixed January 13, 2026, for further proceeding of the suit.

Recall that the tribunal had fixed the injunction bid pursuing an ex parte exertion and affidavit of urgency filed by the Lisa of Ilara Remo, Chief Samuel Olukoya Sodunola; the Oliwo Egudu of Ilara Remo, Chief Babatunde Ogunfeso; the Olootu Asipa Oje of Ilara Remo, Chief Ayedun Akintoye; Mrs. Remilekun Ogunfuwa, Public Relations Officer of the Ilara Remo Development Association; and 19 others.

In the suit dated August 18, 2025, the applicants sought an interim injunction restraining the defendants, their agents, officers, oregon privies from further dealing with, trespassing on, oregon alienating the land, measuring astir 6,227.91 hectares (15,309.172 acres) and described successful Survey Plan No. IL/02/PROV/1998 of June 18, 1998—pending the determination of their question for interlocutory injunction.

Ayeni argued that his clients are the ineligible and beneficial owners of the onshore and accused the 4th and 5th defendants of “surreptitiously erecting structures” and alienating parts of the onshore to 3rd parties successful an effort to “foist a fait accompli connected the court.”

He added, “The 4th and 5th defendants person continued to usage the enactment of the 1st and 2nd defendants to participate the applicants’ lands, commencement operation works, and alienate the onshore up to the contiguous clip and volition proceed unless restrained. Damages would not beryllium capable to compensate the applicants if judgement is yet successful their favour.”

Ayeni further submitted that granting the exertion would not prejudice the defendants, stressing that it was successful the involvement of justness to sphere the presumption quo ante bellum pending determination of the substantive suit.

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