The Lagos State Government has won a land case against the Federal Government over land ownership and control.
The Supreme Court of Nigeria
The Supreme Court on Friday struck out a suit filed by the Federal
Government seeking an order wresting the control and management of its
land in Lagos State from the state government, reports Punch.
The unanimous judgement was delivered by a five-man panel of the
Supreme Court led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour. In the judgement,
the Supreme Court struck out the Federal Government’s suit after
upholding the preliminary objection filed by the Lagos Government to
challenge the competence of the suit.
Justice Dattijo Muhammad, who read the apex court’s lead ruling,
agreed with the Lagos State Government that the court lacked the power
to exercise its “original jurisdiction” in the suit because the Federal Government had “transferred its title in the land to others”.’
The dispute between the federal and Lagos State governments was about “general
control and management of federal land within Lagos State particularly
the re-issuance of certificates of occupancy, granting consent or
exercising rights of ownership.”
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