The Central Area Court 1 sitting at Kasuwan Nama Jos, Plateau state has restrained the Jos Metropolitan Development Board (JMDB) from evicting Yan Keke as occupiers of JMDB shopping complex.
The court had on 26 March, 2021, ordered the parties to maintain the status quo pending the outcome of hearing of the plaintiffs’ motion on notice.
Alhaji Hamza Shuaibu, Mr. Okechukwu Ani and 3 other plaintiffs are challenging the Jos Metropolitan Development Board and 2 others, from evicting them out of the shopping complex, on lease.
An earlier subsisting judgement of the Plateau State High Court, presided over by Justice H. Othman, had in 2008 ordered that, JMDB shall renewed the lease of the complex to the plaintiffs.
“The defendant is ordered to renew the lease of the entire shopping complex, situate at JMDB shopping opposite (sic), JUTH, Jos Plateau State to the plaintiffs,” the judgement partly reads.
Blueprint findings revealed that the valid/subsisting judgement was not appealed against.
However, the judgement debtors/defendants on 19th February, 2021, entered into another lease agreement with Altech Construction Nigeria Limited, which action attracted another litigation by the judgement creditors/plaintiffs.
Judge H. Dolna’an of the Central Area Court 1, Kasuwan Nama, ordered that the defendant, privies and agents, acting in whatever capacity are restrained from any form of interference, with the peaceful possession of the Plaintiff/Applicants.
