Former Regent of Akure and Chairman of the Football Association (FA) in Ondo State, Sunday Dele-Ajayi, has sought an injunction restraining oil large Mobil PLC from ejecting him from a filling station being operated by him in Akure, the state capital.
Dele-Ajayi, by means of his lawyer, Olusola Oke, filed a movement to stop the breach of the present settlement between him and the corporate pending the willpower of the case filed on the state excessive court.
Dele-Ajayi wrote a letter to the corporate not to eject him from the premises of the filling station pending the willpower of the swimsuit, and never to destroy the subject material of the swimsuit pending earlier than the court.
In his Motion on Notice, Dele-Ajayi sought an order of the court restraining the oil Company, whether or not by itself, its officers, brokers, servants, privies or any particular person appearing on its behalf, from terminating the subsisting contractual association or taking steps to eject, evict or dispossess him of the premises topic to the settlement, pending the listening to and willpower of the swimsuit.
In swimsuit HCAK/447/CIV/2026, Dele-Ajayi maintained that the notices of eviction dated September 25 and October 5, 2026 are inconsistent with Clause 18.3 of the settlement and working handbook between him and the oil large.
The letter dated October 16 and made out there to reporters on Sunday mentioned that the circumstances surrounding the issuance of notices of eviction have necessitated the establishment of authorized proceedings to shield his contractual rights and pursuits.
The letter from the legislation firm of Oke learn: “In view of the pendency of the swimsuit and the applying for injunctive aid, we hereby strongly advise and formally demand that your Company chorus from taking any step, or additional step, in the direction of the termination of our Client’s contractual association, his eviction or ejectment, or another motion able to prejudicing, defeating or rendering worthless the subject material of the pending proceedings.
“We draw your consideration to the well-established precept of legislation that events to pending judicial proceedings are anticipated to protect the subject material of the dispute and chorus from conduct calculated to undermine the authority of the court or frustrate the efficient willpower of the problems submitted for adjudication.
In Military Governor of Lagos State v. Ojukwu (1986) 1 NWLR (Pt. 18) 621, the Supreme Court of Nigeria emphatically deprecated self-help and affirmed the crucial of obedience to the rule of legislation, significantly the place a dispute is earlier than a reliable court. The resolution underscores the impropriety of taking unilateral motion to decide a disputed proper or possession exterior the due technique of legislation.
“Similarly, the courts have persistently recognised the significance of preserving the res, that’s, the subject material of litigation the place interlocutory injunctive aid is sought. In Kotoye v. Central Bank of Nigeria (1989) 1 NWLR (Pt. 98) 419, the Supreme Court thought of the ideas governing the grant of interlocutory injunctions and the necessity to protect the related rights and material pending the willpower of the substantive dispute.
“We strongly urge your Company to train restraint, keep away from any unilateral motion which will prejudice the pending proceedings, and permit the court the chance to decide the mentioned Clause 18.3 vis-à-vis your written notices dated twenty fifth September, 2026 and fifth October, 2026. Any motion taken in disregard of the pending litigation, significantly one calculated to defeat the reliefs sought, could expose your Company to additional authorized proceedings and any acceptable orders or penalties that the court could take into account justified within the circumstances.
“For the avoidance of doubt, our Client maintains that the notices dated twenty fifth September, 2026 and fifth October, 2026 are inconsistent with Clause 18.3 of the Agreement and Operating Manual.
“The validity, legal effect, and consequences of those notices are now matters for judicial determination, and your Company is hereby advised not to pre-empt that determination by taking steps that could alter the existing position or cause irreparable prejudice to our Client.”
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