A Lagos High Court has fixed July 5 for the hearing of a motion challenging its jurisdiction to hear a suit filed by the Lagos State governor against Ocean City Lagos Limited over ownership of 1,037.763 Hectares of land known as Eko Atlantic City.
The joint claimant is South Energyx Nigeria Limited.
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The plaintiffs are asking the court to declare the allocation and vesting of rights possessed by Ocean City Lagos Limited a nullity.
Besides, the claimants are seeking a declaration that by virtue of the provisions of the Land Use Act 1978 Cap. L5 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, the 1st claimant (governor of Lagos State) is the appropriate authority to grant the statutory right of occupancy over land in the state.
But, Ocean City Lagos in a notice of preliminary objection filed by its lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), is challenging the competence of the suit, saying it was not served with the originating process as required by the rules of the court.
Besides, Ozekhome prayed the court to declare the suit as an abuse of court process because it is substantially the same as Suit Number LD/70921LMW/2018 filed by Sea Global Energy Company Nigeria Limited vs. South Energyx Nigeria Limited & 6 Ors, pending before Justice Josephine Oyefeso.
