Afrigather The defendants in an alleged fraudulent sale of land situated at Wasimi, Maryland have determined to settle out of courtroom following an enrolment order within the case granted by a Lagos Excessive Court docket sitting in Ikeja.
A Lagos-based lawyer, Olajide Ajana had earlier dragged the defendants, considered one of whom is a Redeemed Christian Church of God pastor, Goke Aniyeloye, Stephen ibitoye, (Ajana’s consumer) and Lagos State authorities to courtroom over the alleged land transaction.
Ibitoye is the primary defendant within the go well with marked ID/8990GCMW/2022, whereas Aniyeloye, the governor of Lagos State, Lagos State Legal professional-Basic and The Director of Land Bureau, Lagos State have been the 2nd, third, 4th and fifth defendants, respectively.
In a 46-paragraph Assertion of Declare, Ajana said that Ibitoye engaged his providers in 2013, at a time the defendant was broke and couldn’t pay him and due to this fact opted to pay for the authorized providers rendered with some parts of the land equal to 5 acres and three plots.
Based on the assertion of declare, Ibitoye and Aniyeloye have been promoting the mentioned property at Wasimi Maryland Lagos, together with the portion assigned to the claimant regardless of the pendency of the Swimsuit (ID/032 LM/2014) in respect of the identical property which Ajana had filed on behalf of his consumer (Ibitoye).
Ajana additional sought an order stating that any sale/switch of the mentioned 5 acres and three plots of land or any portion of the mentioned land at Wasimi Maryland Lagos, which Ibitoye had assigned in lieu of the skilled charges to the claimant to Aniyeloye or any individuals is wrongful, unlawful, null and void.
The defendants had written a letter dated July 19, 2022, and in addition filed a libel go well with in opposition to Ajana after accusing him of “activating” a libellous publication the place the defendants additionally claimed to have had no enterprise with Ajana or the mentioned land.
Ajana in his response dated July 25, 2022, mentioned, “The publication is an excerpt from Statements of Declare in Swimsuit No ID/8990GCMW/2022 filed and pending on the Ikeja division of Lagos State Excessive Court docket by which your consumer, Aniyeloye is the 2nd defendant.
To additional show the defendants’ readiness for an out-of-court settlement, Aniyeloye on October 19, 2022, in a signed letter headed ‘’FET, Favour Govt Transports’’, said that he can be informing his lawyer to withdraw all fits filed in opposition to Ajana.
“That is to substantiate that I, Pastor Goke Aniyeloye, the Chairman of FET Favour Govt Transports will instruct my brother who’s a authorized practitioner, T.O Ajayi to withdraw the go well with filed in opposition to you (Olajide Ajana).
“When he writes the appliance for discontinuance of the case, I’ll ahead identical to you on or earlier than Friday, twenty first October 2022. I categorical a honest apology for any hitch this go well with might need prompted you,” the letter learn.
Ajana, in his response in a letter additionally dated October 19, 2022, confirmed he obtained copies of paperwork by Aniyeloye of (FET Favour Govt Transport) in respect of ibitoye and several other footage and movies to the impact that he has launched the land belonging to Ibitoye at Wasimi Maryland Lagos again to him.
