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Nigeria: Ojukwu Property Dispute - Firm Kicks Against Attempt to Enforce Judgment Under Appeal [Vanguard] Ojukwu Transport Limited (OTL) has called on the Inspector-General of Police to intervene in what it described as moves to enforce a court judgment currently under appeal in a lingering dispute over several properties in Lagos.

Ojukwu Property Dispute - Firm Kicks Against Attempt to Enforce ... Ojukwu Property Dispute - Firm Kicks Against Attempt to Enforce Judgment Under Appeal Case Law Nigeria · AllAfrica Nigeria · 19 Jun Briefly Analysis Abstract Ojukwu Transport Limited (OTL) is embroiled in a protracted legal battle over several prime properties in Lagos, challenging attempts to enforce a 2022 Lagos High Court judgment while it is still under appeal. The dispute highlights critical aspects of Nigerian civil procedure, particularly concerning the principles governing stays of execution pending appeal and the hierarchy of courts. OTL contends that the ongoing enforcement efforts, allegedly by Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu and her legal representatives, are improper given the subsisting appeal, and points to an earlier, executed 2018 judgment concerning some of the same properties. This scenario underscores the complexities of property litigation within family estates and the procedural safeguards designed to prevent the premature execution of contested judicial decisions, necessitating intervention from law enforcement and higher judicial scrutiny. Introduction The protracted legal dispute surrounding the proper…

Nigeria: Ojukwu Property Dispute - Firm Kicks Against Attempt to ... Ojukwu Transport Limited (OTL) has called on the Inspector-General of Police to intervene in what it described as moves to enforce a court judgment currently under appeal in a lingering dispute over several properties in Lagos. In a letter dated May 8, 2026, the firm alleged that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu, and her lawyers were attempting to execute a warrant of possession based on a 2022 judgment delivered by Justice A.M. Lawal in Suit No. LD/1539/2012. OTL maintained that the move was improper, stressing that the judgment in question has been appealed and, therefore, should not be enforced pending the outcome of appellate proceedings. The company further stated that the properties in dispute were part of those that had earlier been the subject of a separate judgment delivered on June 1, 2018, by Justice Adedayo Oyebanji in Suit No. LD/794/2011, which it said had been fully executed in accordance with the law. Keep up with the latest headlines onWhatsApp|LinkedIn According to the firm, the execution of the 2018 judgment included the five affected properties located at 4 Macpherson Av…

Ojukwu property dispute: Company writes IGP, seeks release of seized ... Ojukwu Transport Limited, OTL, a company founded by the late Sir Louis Philip Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has asked the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, to intervene in a dispute over a property located at No. 4 Macpherson Avenue, Ikoyi, Lagos, which it said has been under the control of the Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police since May 1, 2025. In a letter by its lawyer, Chief O. Ugolo, SAN, acting on the instruction of a director of the firm, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu Jnr., the company asked the police chief to review the circumstances surrounding the takeover of the property and facilitate its release to the company. OTL stated that the premises were taken over on May 1, 2025, a public holiday, by officers said to be attached to the Zone 2 Command following a petition reportedly written on behalf of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu. According to the company, individuals identified as legal representatives of the minister, alongside other persons and security personnel, were present when the police assumed control of the property. The company explained that one of its dir…

Twist in Ojukwu's family property dispute as Bianca's sons withdraw ... The Lagos State High Court has scheduled March 10, 2025, to hear the withdrawal of a joinder application filed by Afamefuna and Nwachukwu, sons of Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu. The application, dated December 16, 2024, seeks to retract their earlier request to join a 2011 property suit involving Ojukwu Transport Limited (OTL). The original suit, marked LD/794/2011, was initiated by Ogbonna Ojukwu and others against OTL. A judgment was delivered in 2018. Justice Adedayo Oyebanji awarded the company possession of OTL’s Lagos properties, including No. 29 Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi. By July 2022, OTL had executed a warrant of possession for all its Lagos properties. Afamefuna and Nwachukwu, who claimed they were unaware of the original suit, filed to join the case last year, seeking an exemption from the executed warrant of possession. They argued that excluding them from the case would lead to a miscarriage of justice, as their interests were directly affected. The late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu was involved in the original suit until his passing in 2011. At the last hearing for the joinder application on Apr…

Ojukwu property dispute: Company writes IGP, seeks release of seized ... Others By Henry OjeluLAGOS — Ojukwu Transport Limited, OTL, a company founded by the late Sir Louis Philip Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has asked the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, to intervene in a dispute over a property located at No. 4 Macpherson Avenue, Ikoyi, Lagos, which it said has been under the control of the Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police since May 1, 2025. In a letter by its lawyer, Chief O. Ugolo, SAN, acting on the instruction of a director of the firm, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu Jnr., the company asked the police chief to review the circumstances surrounding the takeover of the property and facilitate its release to the company. OTL stated that the premises were taken over on May 1, 2025, a public holiday, by officers said to be attached to the Zone 2 Command following a petition reportedly written on behalf of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu. According to the company, individuals identified as legal representatives of the minister, alongside other persons and security personnel, were present when the police assumed control of the property. The com…