The High Court of Lagos sitting, Ikorodu Judicial Division has issued an order restraining a development and construction company, and associated parties from taking further action on a disputed one-unit four-bedroom (corner piece) terrace duplex with one maid’s quarters located within Blockville Estate, Lekki, Lagos.
In suit no: IKD/5542LM/2025, Mr Adebisi Sanda sued Mr Raymond Okpere, Raybok Development and Construction Company Limited, and Mr Kamal Salu-Bashua, seeking the court’s order of interim/pre-emptive remedy restraining the three respondents.
Justice A.F. Pokanu, in a July 9, 2025 ruling, granted the application restraining the “first, second and third respondents either by themselves or by their privies, agents, servants or officials or anyone claiming or acting through them from trespassing either by entering, further developing, reallocating or alienating the contended property pending compliance with the pre-action protocol or reference to arbitration.”
Sanda, through his counsel, Adegboyega Erinle, filed his application on four grounds.
He noted that a Joint Venture Agreement dated November 2, 2023, was executed between the first and third respondents for the development of the land situated in Elegushi Royal Family land, Lekki Phase 1 extension, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, into units of Terrace apartments with maid quarters.
Sanda said he entered into a contract of sale with Mr Raymond Okpere, Raybok Development and Construction Company Limited, for the purchase of a fully finished one unit of the four-bedroom terrace duplex with one maid’s quarters at a total cost of N206m.
He argued that he paid an initial deposit of N61.8m to pay the outstanding balance of N144.2m in instalments from the date of the execution of the offer of the contract.
“The payment arrangement is off-plan,” the applicant stated.
The Certified True Copy of the ruling indicated that the applicant complied with the payment schedule and did not default until the first and second respondents demanded an additional N50m, citing prevailing economic conditions.
This was followed by a “unilateral” termination of the contract on June 18, 2025.
It was on this premise that the applicant sought the court’s protection of his interest in the property.
“That the first and second respondents constitute a serious threat to the applicant’s interest. Hence, the application for pre-emptive remedy in line with the Lagos State High Court Practice Direction 2019 to prevent third parties’ interest and dissipation of the applicant’s interest in the property pending reference to arbitration,” parts of the ruling read.