Court docket declares gross sales of Tejuosho property legitimate

A Lagos Excessive Court docket sitting in Yaba, has declared the sale of a alternative property situated close to the Tejuosho market by the Onitiri household to a businessman, Chibuike Okeke as legitimate.

Mr. Okeke had in 2014 bought the property situated at No. 6 Popo avenue, close to Tejuosho market, Surulere, Lagos for N35million from the Onitiri household however some family members disputed the sale and dragged the matter earlier than the courtroom in 2015 looking for for the nullification of the gross sales.

The claimants within the case consists of Adeleye Omoloja, Adeniran Onitiri, Aderinsola Onitiri and Adesiyan Apesin whereas Okeke was additionally sued together with Adekunbi, a member of the Onitiri household.

Of their claims, the Onitiri had requested the courtroom to, amongst different prayers, declare the gross sales of the property invalid, award a price of N5million in opposition to the defendants and compel the defendants to account for lease collected from the property since its purported gross sales since 2014.

In his counter-claims, Mr Okeke nonetheless requested the courtroom to declare the gross sales of the property to him by the Onitiri household as legitimate since he had fulfilled all his obligations within the settlement for the gross sales of the property.

Delivering judgment on the matter on Friday, Justice E.A. Ashade upheld the submissions of Mr Okeke’s lawyer, Emelike Okorie and held that from the proof tendered earlier than the courtroom, the gross sales of the mentioned property was legitimate.

The decide held that having collectively agreed to promote the property and having collected the acquisition sum of N35million from Mr Okeke, the claimant can not below any guise flip round to refute the transaction.

Consequently, the decide declared the gross sales of the property legitimate and ordered the first, 2nd and third Claimants to signal the deed of project which that they had initially refused to signal to seal the property gross sales transaction.

Justice Ashade additionally awarded a price of N3million in opposition to the claimants.

Earlier than Justice Ashade’s judgment within the matter, the case had been heard and transferred to 2 different judges