Court refuses to set aside restraining injunction on properties

JUSTICE Dorcas Taiwo Oladokun of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja has refused to set aside an interlocutory injunction, restraining Mrs Titilayo Adeduntan Cole from selling or leasing properties situated at 27 Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos.

Other properties listed in the order of the court include No 26, Amidat Ilufunmi Street, Ejigbo Lagos and a plot of land situated at Aparadija village at Itele Ota, Ogun State, pending the determination of the suit.

The court said the defendant’s motion on notice for an order to set aside the interlocutory reliefs granted in favour of the claimant failed and therefore struck out.

However, the court granted an order to stay proceedings in the suit marked ID/ 9247GCMW/ 2022.

"The alternative prayer in the defendant's notice of preliminary objection dated March 14, 2023, praying for a stay of proceeding pending the determination of suit marked ZZ21D86049 before the Central Family Court of England & Wales succeeds and further proceeding in this suit is hereby stayed until the conclusion of the matter in the United Kingdom ( UK) court," the judge declared.

It would be recalled that Justice Lateef Lawal- Akapo had in a ruling dated March 28, 2023, ordered an interlocutory injunction, restraining Mrs Cole and her agents from selling or leasing the properties before the case was reassigned to Justice Oladokun. The court order was a sequel to an application filed by the claimants ( in the suit marked no ID/ 9247GCMW/ 2022), Madam Adenrele Cole, Mr. Adetokunbo Cole and Mr Adekunle Cole by their Attorney, Mr. Temitayo Sanni, while Mr. Adegboyega Idowu Cole, who sued as an executor to the estate of late Mr. Adewale Cole as the 1st to 4th claimants respectively.