COURT BARS OGUN GOVT FROM DEMOLISHING EX-GOV GBENGA DANIEL’S PROPERTIES
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By: Sefiu Ajape
A High Court in the Sagamu Judicial Division of Ogun State has granted an interim order restraining the Ogun State Government and its agents from demolishing or interfering with properties owned by former governor Gbenga Daniel.
The order, granted ex parte, was issued following an affidavit of urgency filed by Daniel and his wife, Olufunke.
In suit number HCS/371/2025, the court ruled that immediate judicial intervention was warranted to preserve the status quo pending further proceedings.
In his decision, Justice O.S. Oloyede prohibited the defendants, along with their allies, proxies, assigns, cronies, and any persons acting on their behalf, from initiating any demolition, enforcing the quit notice served on August 8, 2025, or otherwise disrupting the claimants’ possession of the properties.
The court further barred the defendants from “any form of trespass or disturbance of the claimants’ quiet possession” until the hearing and determination of the substantive motion on notice.
The case has been adjourned to August 19, 2025, for the hearing of the application for an interlocutory injunction.
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Government has urged Senator Gbenga Daniel, who represents Ogun East, to “stop crying foul” and comply with existing regulations.
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Kayode Akinmade, spokesperson for Governor Dapo Abiodun, made the statement in response to allegations that the government planned to demolish Daniel’s Asoludero residence and Conference Hotel located in Sagamu Local Government Area.
Daniel had accused the state government of invoking the Ogun State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law No. 61 of 2022 to target his properties, despite asserting that they were built lawfully before the law came into effect. He described the move as “politically motivated” and a “blatant disregard for due process and the rule of law.”
However, Akinmade rejected the claims, maintaining that Daniel “was not above the law.” He added that, like other property owners in the area, the former governor was issued the appropriate notices but failed to submit his planning permit and land title for verification within the required timeframe, choosing instead to “resort to cheap blackmail.”
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