An Abuja High Court has adjourned till October 4, the trial in a suit filed by FEMASON LIMITED against an Army Officer, Major General A. B. Ibrahim.
In March, 2022, the Presiding Judge, Honourable Justice A. A. Fashola, had dismissed the Preliminary Objection brought by the Army General and granted an order of Interlocutory Injunction restraining the Army General
from further entry into and/or engaging in any form of construction, erecting of any structure or carrying out any excavation or digging activities on Claimant’s land located at or known as Plot No. CRD/CP16 at Lugbe 1, Layout, Lugbe, Abuja, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.
The Army General was also restrained from further interfering with the Claimant’s proprietary and possessory rights over the said plot of land, the subject matter of the suit, and any structure belonging to the Claimant/Applicant on the land pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.
Gen. A.B Ibrahim had subsequently approached the same court with an Application to stay further proceedings in/trial of the case and to stay the execution of the order of Interlocutory injunction pending the hearing of an appeal he initiated at the Court of Appeal against the order of Interlocutory Injunction. He was also seeking an order restraining the Claimant from further implementing the order of injunction.
In the Ruling delivered on 30th June, 2022, after reviewing the Application, the Trial Court refused all the prayers being sought by the General and dismissed the Application as lacking in merit.
The presiding Judge has subsequently adjourned the trial of the substantive matter to October 4, 2022.
