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  • Cooperative sues church  for ‘disobeying’ court order

    The United Bank of Africa (UBA) Co-operative Multi-purpose Society Limited has filed a suit dragged the Trustees of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) before an High Court in Sagamu, Ogun caiptal for alleged disobedience to order of court over an expanse of land measuring 30.763 acres.

    The society is seeking  an order of the court to compel the defendant/respondent to pay N150 million as damages as a consequence of the alleged disobedience to the order of the court by the church.

    The claimant/applicant, through its lawyer, Yemi Omodele, had filed a “form 48” titled: “Notice of consequence of disobedience to order of court”, dated April 13, this year in the suit numbered HCS/01/2015 before the High Court of Ogun State sitting in Sagamu.

    It was served on Pastor Akanni Babawande of the Lands and Survey Department and Pastor Peter Adeyemi, the Head of Department Project, at the Secretariat, RCCG, Kilometer 46, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Mowe, Ogun State.

    Justice E. O. Osinuga of an Ogun State High Court sitting in Sagamu, had ordered parties to maintained status quo and restrained the church, her agents, servants and representatives from carrying out or continuing to carry out any form of construction on the said disputed landed property  situated at Ewu Odofin village, off Shimawa road, in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State.

    The UBA Co-operative Society had filed a motion on notice  and writ in summon and statement of claims, all dated March 18, 2015 and hearing notice dated March 25, this year against the church pursuant to Order 38 Rule 4, 39 Rules 1 and  2 of the rules of the Court 2014.

    The claimant/applicant, in its application, sought a sole prayer and filed five documents  marked exhibit A-E,  including  survey plan, layout, photograph of the work done on the land by the claimant, the demolition of what is contained in exhibit C and a letter written by solicitor to the family of the vendor of the claimants which were supported with a 38 point affidavit.

    The court noted there were five grounds upon which the application was premised, that is, “the land in dispute belongs to the claimant legitimately sold to it by the land owing family; that the defendant is merely using its influence to oiverride the claimant; that the application is to preserve the res of the suit; the defendant took laws into its hand and that nobody is above the law”.

    ”It is trite that in an application of this nature, the court would not look into the merit of the substantive suit; but whether from the content of the affidavit, the claimant is deserving of an interlocutory order order of the court to preserve the res.”

    While granting an order of interlocutory injunction restraining RCCG from going ahead with any construction work on the land, Justice Osinuga, noted that though the defendant/respondent was served with all the court papers, it however “failed, refused or neglected to file a counter-affidavit to same”, respond nor enter any appearance in court.

    “The implication of failure … to file a counter affidavit to controvert the averments in the affidavit in support … It means that the appellant (in this case, the defendant/respondent)  have admitted the facts deposed to in the affidavit in support of the originating summon… they have the opportunity of putting their defence across, if any, but chose  not to avail themselves of that opportunity,” judge further held.

  • VC praises SSANU Cooperative

    The Vice-Chancellor, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, (AAUA) Ondo State, Nigeria, Prof. Femi Mimiko, has praised the leadership of the institution’s Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, (SSANU) Cooperative Multipurpose Society (CMS), for providing governance to the society.

    He spoke at the inauguration of SSANU CMS building.

    Mimiko, who turned the sod of the building, said: ”I really appreciate you for the great effort you have put into building this beautiful structure. The leadership of the society promised to deliver in six months’ time, but we are inaugurating the building in less than five months. I will like to salute the leadership of the society and vision that went into this building. This is simply beautiful and I am proud of you.”

    Mimiko urged SSANU leadership to always be proactive by adding values to their members.

    He said: “When we have opportunity to lead our unions, the focus should not be how to wrestle down management or authority. It should be how to add value to what we have. Unionism is also something that may be proactive. We can chart a new course. We can think out new ideas. We can dream dreams. Unionism that is still operating at the level of mere agitation is living behind time. Unionism must be able to come out with creative things like this new facility.”

  • Varsity’s cooperative takes family to commission

    Members of the Co-operative, Investment & Credit Society of the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo have taken the Daudu family in Ede to the Public Complaints Commission.

    They have also taken the family to the Police Command and the State Security Service (SSS) over the ownership of five acres of land in Owode, off Gbongan Road.

    The LAUTECH Cooperative is fighting for the land, which it said was for its members, with the Abayol Property & Estate Management in Ede.

    The cooperative spokesperson, Adejuwon Gbadegesin, at a news conference in Osogbo, said they bought the land in 2005 from Olaolu Babalola, a surveyor, who they said originally bought the land from the Daudu Folarin family in 2001.

    The Abayol Property & Estate Management is claiming to have bought the land from the same family in 2012.

    LAUTECH Cooperative and Abayol Property & Estate Management are claiming ownership of the land with the sale of land agreement prepared by their solicitors.

    The LAUTECH agreement was signed and stamped by Shola Oyedele and Co. Legal Practitioners, Osogbo on April 25, 2005.

    The Abayol Property & Estate Management claimed that it bought four of the five acres for N2 million in 2012 with a receipt dated April 5, 2012; and land sales agreement was prepared, stamped and signed by S. Kayode Olowolagba Esq. of Osogbo.

    Trouble began when Abayol Property & Estate Management brought a bulldozer to clear the land for development.

    While the LAUTECH Cooperative is asking the Abayol Property & Estate Management to vacate the land, the latter insisted that it is the owner of the land.

    “Our investigation showed that Babalola was called by the land owner’s new committee in 2009 to pay N100,000 on each acre of land, which he refused because he said he had sold the land to us. “The family sold the land again to Abayol.”