Daud Olatunji
The Ogun State High Court sitting in Sagamu has granted two separate interim injunctions restraining Governor Dapo Abiodun and three other top government officials from demolishing or interfering with two high-profile properties linked to former Ogun State governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel.
The orders, issued on Tuesday by Justice O.S. Oloyede in two different suits, followed ex-parte applications filed by the claimants against Governor Dapo Abiodun; the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Oluwasina Ogungbade, SAN; the Ogun State Planning and Development Permit Authority; and the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Olatunji Odunlami.
In the first suit (No. HCS/371/2025), Daniel and his wife, Yeye Olufunke Daniel, through their counsel, A.M. Kotoye, SAN, sought urgent judicial intervention to protect Asoludero Court — a sprawling 1,659-hectare estate located in Sagamu GRA (now Awolowo Avenue).
The couple alleged that the state government had served them with a quit notice dated August 8, 2025, threatening demolition of the property.
Officials of the Ogun State Planning and Development Permit Authority had on Friday and Monday pasted four notices – contravention; quit ; sealing and demolition notices on the former governor’s properties .
The government however withdrew the sealing and demolition notices asking the governor to render some documents within a stipulated period .
The former governor however headed to court praying the court to restrain the governor and other top officials from carrying out the threat to demolish his properties.
Justice Oloyede, after reviewing the affidavit of urgency, ruled that the matter warranted immediate action.
“The defendants, their servants, agents, or privies are hereby restrained from demolishing, trespassing on, or disturbing the claimants’ quiet possession of the property pending the determination of the motion on notice,” the judge held.
The case was adjourned until August 19, 2025, for the hearing of an interlocutory injunction.
In the second suit (No. HCS/372/2025), Conference Hotel Limited and Blue Chapel Limited — also linked to Daniel — sought similar relief over the multi-billion-naira Conference Hotel in Sagamu.
Counsel to the applicants argued that the hotel’s Certificate of Occupancy, dated April 8, 2004, remained valid and subsisting, contrary to the claims of the defendants.
Justice Oloyede granted the interim injunction and ordered all parties to maintain the status quo as of August 8, 2025 — the date the alleged demolition notices were posted on the premises.
“This court hereby restrains the defendants from tampering with the applicants’ possession and enjoyment of the property until the next hearing,” the judge ruled.
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