An Ogun State High Court sitting in Ijebu Ode on Thursday issued an interim injunction against the Ogun State Government, its agents, and its allies, restraining them from demolishing or tampering with a property owned by Conference Hotel Limited and Otunba Gbenga Daniel.
The order also applies to any other properties belonging to the claimants within the Ogun East Senatorial District or elsewhere in Ogun State.
The ruling, presided over by Justice A. A. Omoniyi, follows a motion filed by the applicants, Conference Hotel Limited and Otunba Gbenga Daniel. The defendants in the suit number HCJ/125/2025 are the Governor of Ogun State, the Attorney General of Ogun State, the Ogun State Planning and Development Permit Authority, and the Ogun State Physical Planning & Urban Development.
The injunction follows a series of events that began on August 8, 2025, when the Ogun State Planning and Development Permit Authority issued “Notice to Quit” and contravention notices on Daniel’s private residence, “The Asoludero Court,” and the Conference Hotel in Sagamu. The government cited the Ogun State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law No. 61 of 2022, alleging the properties were built without adequate permits.
Daniel and his supporters have condemned the action as a politically motivated vendetta. They argue that the law is being applied retroactively to properties that were legally constructed many years before the law was enacted. This is not the first instance of such a conflict; in September 2023, the government also demolished DATKEM Plaza in Ijebu-Ode, a building owned by Daniel’s wife, citing building contraventions.
While the government maintains that the actions are part of a routine urban renewal and development audit, it has faced accusations of political persecution, particularly with the 2027 senatorial race in mind. The government had previously denied the moves were politically motivated, yet officials replaced the initial notices on Daniel’s properties with “sealing and demolition notices” on August 11, 2025, before a court in Sagamu issued separate interim injunctions to protect the properties.
The latest order was granted “as prayed” following a hearing where A. M. Kotoye (SAN), along with O. T. Are and A. O. Adeniyi, represented the applicants. The court ordered the defendants to “stay off further action” regarding the property, which is located off Taiwo Osipitan Street. The property was the subject of a “Notice to Quit” dated August 12, 2025, with serial number 00048539/12/8/2025, which was issued by the defendants.
This interim injunction is to remain in effect until the final determination of the claimants’ Motion on Notice. The court has fixed the hearing for the Motion on Notice for Friday, August 22, 2025.
