N152m property dispute: US-based Nigerian asks court to set aside judgment

A Nigerian-American engineer, Anthony Ehiedu Ugbebor, has asked the Court of Appeal to overturn the judgement of the Lagos High Court which declared that his spot acquisition statement with a developer, Mr Olukayode Olusanya and Oak Homes Multinational Services Limited had been extinguished by the doctrine of novation.

The Lagos High Court had successful the judgement ordered the refund of the N152 cardinal Ugbebor paid for 2 luxury apartments successful Victoria Island, Lagos.

In a Notice of Appeal filed by his counsel, Barrister Nasir Salau of Nasir Salau & Co., challenging the June 15, 2026 judgement delivered by Justice Akingbola George, Ugbebor argued that the proceedings justice misapplied settled principles of declaration law, ignored worldly evidence, wrongly dismissed his counterclaim, and erroneously refused his assertion for circumstantial show of the spot merchantability agreement.

The entreaty arose from Suit No. LD/4471LM/2023, instituted by spot developer Olukayode Olusanya and Oak Homes against Ugbebor and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, implicit alleged trespass connected 2 second-floor three-bedroom apartments located astatine 14A Musa Yar’Adua Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Although the Lagos High Court dismissed astir of the developer’s claims, it held that the parties’ behaviour had efficaciously terminated their archetypal statement done novation.

The tribunal besides ordered Olukayode a...