…Grants order of perpetual injunction restraining govt, from further trespassing
By Simeon OSAJIE
The Edo State High Court of justice presided over by the Honourable Justice Geraldine Imadegbelo delivered a consent judgment in favour of the Claimants in the case of Uyiekpen Ologbosere,
Portcall International Farms Ltd Vs. Governor of Edo State & 20 Others in Suit No. B/672/2023.
The presiding judge in the consent judgment set aside all the Certificates of Occupancy (CofO) the Governor issued in favour of all persons on any portion of the land while he upheld the Certificate of Occupancy (CofO) issued to Uyiekpen Ologbosere and his company by the Governor over the entire 200.309 hectares of land lying and situate at Obagie Nevbosa.
The presiding judge also granted an order of perpetual injunction restraining Edo State Government, its agents or any other person claiming through them or howsoever described from further trespassing on any portion of the 200.309 hectares more particularly marked and delineated in the survey plan No.SEA/ED/97 bordered pink and attached to the Certificate of Occupancy (CofO) No. EDSR 14764, which land is lying and situate in Obagie-Nevbosa Village, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State.
By the consent judgment, the court granted authority to the Claimants to retrieve possession of the entire land and evict any person who strays into any portion of the land.
The court however, did not award any financial damages to the Claimants.
With this judgment, whoever goes into the said land or any portion thereof is in contempt of the judgment and stands the risk of going to prison.