A High Court in Ogun State has granted an ex parte order restraining Governor Dapo Abiodun and officials of the state government from interfering with or demolishing the Asoludero Court, the private residence of former governor Gbenga Daniel, located in the Sagamu Government Reservation Area (GRA).
The order also extends to Conference Hotels Limited and its annexe, both owned by the former governor.
Justice O.S. Oloyede issued the ruling after considering an application for an interim injunction brought on behalf of Daniel and his wife, Yeye Olufunke Daniel, by their counsel, A. M. Kotoye (SAN).
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The respondents in the case include Governor Abiodun, the Attorney General of Ogun State, the Ogun State Planning and Development Permit Authority, and the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development.
According to a Certified True Copy of the order signed by Principal Registrar W.T. Ogundele, Kotoye requested an ex parte injunction to prevent the respondents and their representatives from demolishing, altering, or tampering with Asoludero Court, Conference Hotels, and the annexe pending the court’s decision on a motion on notice.
While delivering his decision, Justice Oloyede stated, “Having read the affidavit in support and the affidavit of urgency, I am satisfied that this court needed to take immediate steps to intervene in this case.
“Consequently, I hereby issue an exparte interim order of this honourable court restraining the defendants/respondents and their agents, allies, proxies, assigns, cronies, servants, etc and any other person(s), howsoever described, either claiming through them or acting on their behalf, in whatsoever as manner, upon their authority/ instructions, from demolishing or in any way or manner tampering with the property known as Asoludero Court, situate, lying and being at Block 1, Plots 7 and 8 and of Block XXXVIII, Plot 1 and 12, within the amended part of the Government Reservation Area, Sagamu, now known Awolowo Avenue, Sagamu, measuring approximately, 1,659 hectares, more particularly plan No. SA. 160 (OG) attached to the old Certificate of Occupancy No 024698 dated the 21st April, 2005, later replaced by a new computerised Certificate of Occupancy No. LUD3/LR2693 dated 20th January, giving 2010 and/or to the effect defendants/respondents’ quit notice dated 8th August, 2025, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice herein filed.
“I equally issue an order of interim injunction restraining the defendants/respondents and their agents, allies, proxies, assigns, cronies, servants, etc and any other person(s), howsoever described, either claiming through them or acting on their behalf, in whatsoever manner, upon their authority/instructions, from further trespassing or any way disturbing the claimants/applicants, from enjoying the quiet possession of the property known as Asoludero Court, situate, lying and being at Block 1, Plots 7 and 8 and of Block XXXVIII, Plot 1 and 12, within the amended part of the Government Reservation Area, Sagamu, now known as Awolowo Avenue, Sagamu, measuring approximately, 1,659 hectares, more particularly plan No. SA. 160 (OG) attached to the old Certificate of Occupancy No 024698 dated 21st April, 2005, later replaced by a new computerized Certificate of Occupancy No. LUD3/LR2693 dated 20th January, 2010 and/or giving effect to the Defendants/Respondents’ Quit Notice dated 8th August, 2025, pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice herein filed.”
The case has been adjourned to August 19, 2025, for the hearing of the application for an interlocutory injunction.
Daniel had earlier accused Governor Abiodun of ordering the demolition of his Sagamu residence, along with Conference Hotels Limited and its annexe.
According to a statement from his media aide, Oliyide, the alleged directive was conveyed through contravention and quit notices, along with a demolition warning, all pasted on the properties on Friday, August 8, around 4 p.m., giving a three-day compliance deadline.
The former governor dismissed the allegations against him as “laughable” and a reflection of “thuggish and political vindictiveness at its highest shameful level.”
Reacting to the development, the Commissioner for Urban Development and Physical Planning, Tpl Tunji Odunlami, clarified that the notices were not targeted at Daniel but were part of a broader government land audit in GRAs, which aligns with the state’s urban renewal initiative.
Speaking to journalists on Monday, Odunlami explained that all recipients of the contravention notice in the GRA, including Senator Daniel, were expected to present relevant property documents for government verification.
He stressed that the exercise was not intended to damage anyone’s reputation and would be conducted across all GRAs in the state, including those owned by the government.
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