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Court restrains Lagos from taking over collapsed Ikoyi building

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The Lagos High Court has restrained the state government from taking over and demolishing the remaining two high-rise buildings in Ikoyi constructed by Fourscore Heights Limited.

Justice Adewunmi Oshin ordered all parties in the suit to maintain the status quo pending the hearing and determination of a suit filed by fifteen subscribers of the various units of flats/penthouses/terraces/apartments being constructed in three high-rise buildings at 44BCD, Gerrard Road, Ikoyi.

Of the three high-rise buildings (namely Blocks A, B, and C), one of them, Block B (consisting of 21-storeys) collapsed in November 2021, killing 46 persons while 15 persons were rescued alive.

In the substantive suit, the subscribers, including a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Wemimo Ogunde; a former cleric of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Adetola Odutola; an Oba-elect, Pastor Ghandi Olaoye are seeking general damages of N200 million and another N50 million as the cost of filing the suit.

The claimants, in the suit filed by their lawyer, Senior Advocate of Nigeria  (SAN), AbdulHakeem Mustapha are contending that it is the failure of the Lagos State government and its officials to supervise the construction of one of the three towers in line with regulations that led to its eventual collapse.

They claimed that they invested over N15 billion in the property that was being developed by Fourscore Heights Limited, a company promoted by Femi Osibona who also died in the tragedy.

Other claimants in the matter are Pastor Bola and Mrs Bunmi Odutola, Ms. Zahra Motomori, Kwara Business School Limited, Saikoyi Property Limited, and Mr Adewale & Mrs Foluso Folowosele.

Others are Mr Moses & Mrs Margaret Anibaba, Dr. Oladipo & Mrs. Adepeju Oluyomi and Mr Tayo Oladapo.

Apart from the state government, other defendants are the Attorney-General of Lagos, the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), and Edge of Design Limited.

They are also urging the court to declare that the agreements between Fourscore Heights Limited and each of them to acquire units of flats, with agreed considerations paid, entitle them to equitable rights and interests in the other two towers.

They also insisted that the first to fourth defendants cannot benefit from their negligence by compulsorily, wrongfully, illegally, and punitively acquiring or threatening to acquire the property at 44BCD through forfeiture and/or purported forfeiture to the Lagos State government following the collapse of one of the towers.

They also asked the court to make an order restraining the defendants from trespassing or further trespassing, demolishing, or further demolishing the properties until an independent audit of the property is carried out by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).

In a ruling delivered on the issue, Justice Oshin also ordered the applicants to serve on the defendants in the suit all the court papers, so that it can proceed to hear the matter on its merit.

The court then fixed September 29 for the hearing of the substantive matter.

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