Court orders service of processes on his resident, business address
Following the allegation of a failed relationship between the Chief Executive Officer of Chemstar Group, Dr Emmanuel Awode and Ms Funmi Abike Taylor, Justice Akintunde Savage of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja has restrained Awode from selling or leasing a property situated at block 104, plot 26, Lekki 1, Lagos.
The court also ordered the claimant to serve the respondent by pasting the court processes on the business premises or his residential address.
The order followed a motion ex parte filed by the claimant, Ms Taylor through her counsel, Mr Wahab Shittu (SAN) in a suit marked ID/11039GCMW/2024.
The claimant filed two applications before the court.
The first application dated April 8, 2024, is seeking an order of the court for substituted service and it is supported by a five-paragraph affidavit.
The second one dated March 20, 2024 is a motion ex parte with an affidavit of 35 paragraphs and a written address.
While moving his application, Shittu (SAN) argued that the application is necessary to preserve the res (subject matter), noting that the respondent is determined to forcefully convert the property to his own.
“The res should be protected and the status quo maintained. There is abundant evidence from the affidavit evidence before the court that there is a need to preserve the res, else it will be frittered away even before the case is decided.
“The affidavit evidence has shown the activities of the defendant who is determined without due process to forcefully convert the property to his own,” Shittu prayed.
He, therefore, submitted that it is wise and reasonable to put the matter on hold pending the determination of the applicant for interlocutory injunction.
He urged the court to grant an order of interim injunction.
The judge in his ruling granted Shittu’s prayer of substituted service and an interim injunction restraining the defendant or anyone acting on his behalf from dealing on the six properties.
