Court orders firms, FCTA to maintain status quo on disputed Abuja property

A Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting successful Gwarimpa has ordered parties to support presumption quo successful a quality implicit a spot located astatine Plot 859A, Cadastral Zone B03, Wuye District, Abuja.

The property, measuring astir 70,000m2 is taxable of litigation successful 2 suits numbered FCT/HC/GWD//49/2026 and FCT/HC/CV/216/2026.

The suit are betwixt a spot firm, Goldenbird Investment Limited (claimant) and Promiseland Building and Construction Limited, Lawrence Emmanuel and the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, who are 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants, respectively.

In suit no. FCT/HC/CV/216/2026, betwixt Promiseland Building and Construction Limited & 2 Ors V. Goldenbird Investment Limited & Anor., the court, presided implicit by Justice Lesley N. B. Wike, ordered parties to support presumption quo aft counsel to the plaintiff, Dr. Lilian Ojimma, complained to that contempt the pendency of the matter, Promiseland Building & Construction, aided by officers and men of the Nigeria Police, forcefully took possession of the onshore and commenced operation of obstruction and different gathering activities, arsenic good arsenic selling the spot to subscribers.

In the connection of assertion filed by O. C. Ali, Esq., dated January 22, 2026, the claimant stated that it was granted a lease of 50 years connected the onshore successful 2007 by the Federal Capital Territory Administration and for which it has comp...