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BY ABDULWAHAB ABDULAH
LAGOS—Justice Samuel Candide-
Johnson of a Lagos High court, will
today, begin hearing on an
interlocutory application praying
him to restrain the Lagos State
government from interfering with
the Believers Love World (Christ
Embassy), landed property
situated at Oyeleke Street, Alausa,
Ikeja, Lagos.
In the substantive case before the
court, the church had been
contesting ownership of the parcel
of land with the Executors of the
estate of Chief R.A Randle, which
is also laying claim to the
ownership of the property.
The executors of the estate of
Chief Randle are claiming that the
area occupied by the church is
part of the estate of the deceased,
but the church is claiming the
ownership of the land, which
according to it was acquired from
Neimeth Pharmacy with
registered titles.
However, as the controversy and
the litigation were on-going, the
state government revoked the
title of the church through a letter
dated February 15, 2013 signed by
the state governor, Babatunde
Fashola, SAN, asking the church to
vacate the said land within seven
days for public use.
To forestall the taking over of the
property before the determination
of its main suit, the church is
praying the court through an
interlocutory injunction to stop
the government from going
further with its action.
At today’s proceedings, the high
court is expected to listen to
arguments of parties on why the
government should not go ahead
to acquire the landed property.
Brought as defendants in the suit
are Mrs Titilola Awosusi, Alhaja
Omolara Ademosu, Mr Abayomi
Willoughby (Executrices and
executor of the estate of late
Chief R.A Randle for themselves
and other beneficiaries of the
estate of late Chief R.A Randle)
and Lagos State Government.
Christ Embassy had brought the
application dated March 7, 2013,
via a Motion on Notice pursuant to
Order 39 of the
HighCourtofLagosState (Civil
Procedure) Rules and on the
grounds that there is an urgent
need to stop the state
government from interfering with
the subject matter of the suit.
The state government had
attributed its revocation order of
the land for public use. The letter
read in part; “Whereas the
Governor of Lagos State of Nigeria
requires for overriding public
interest (extension of the
Government Secretariat and
provision of multi-level car park),
all that parcel of land together
with any development thereon
situate and lying along Oyeleke
Street, Oregun village in Ikeja
Local Government Area of Lagos
State measuring approximately
9183.257 square meters, the
boundaries of which are described
in the schedule hereto and more
particularly delineated in the plan
at the office of the Director Land
Services, Lagos State Lands
Bureau, Governor’s Office, the
Secretariat Alausa, Ikeja Lagos
State Nigeria.
“Now therefore, in the exercise of
the powers conferred on me
pursuant to Section 28 of the Land
Use Act, I Babatunde Raji Fashola
(SAN), the Governor of Lagos State
hereby give this notice of
revocation to the holder to revoke
the existing right of occupancy in
the said land with effect from
seven (7) days of service of this
notice for the reasons given
above.
“That any holder, owner or
occupier of the said land or any
part of it is accordingly directed to
yield up possession of the land on
or before the expiration of the
period specified in this notice.”

Millitary dictator of lagos well done. Continue demolishing people houses. After collecting huge amount of money for c of o and gov consent they want to revoke it and give the land as a gift to the LION OF BOURDILON for standing by fash.