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Ikoyi Property: Firm Withdraws from Bank’s Suit Against Odogwu’s Family

Onyebuchi Sampson by Onyebuchi Sampson
February 25, 2025
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Ikoyi Property: Firm Withdraws from Bank's Suit Against Odogwu's Family

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A firm, Siet Trading Limited, has filed a withdrawal notice from a suit filed by Access Bank Plc, against Chief Sonny Odogwu’s family and others over an Ikoyi property.

The property, located at No 31-35, Ikoyi Crescent, was for development of Le Meridien Grand Towers Hotel, a foremost accommodation in Lagos.

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The late billionaire had engaged the bank through its subsidiary, then Diamond Capital Ltd, as Lead Arranger for the syndication of project finance for the project.

Access bank and Siet Trading limited, as the second plaintiff, had sought to take over the project property.

In their originating summons, Access bank and the firm, urged a Federal Court, Lagos to set aside a consent judgment delivered by Justice Aikawa in suit N0 FHC/L/CS/156/2017 between Robert Dyson & Dike Limited & 2 Ors v Diamond Bank Plc on October 11, 2019 and enforce the judgment of Justice Saidu delivered in Suit No: FHC/L/CS/1633/14 between parties.

In the fresh suit, the plaintiffs submitted that the judgment debtors have refused to hand over the Dubai property to the Judgment Creditors in line with the Settlement Agreement.

They also stated that the judgment debtor has refused to grant vacant possession to the properties at Kirikiri as well as the Dubai property till date in line with the Consent Judgment.

With the breach of the Consent Judgment, the Judgment Creditor has taken steps to realize the property it financed located at Ikoyi Crescent in line with the Original Judgment.

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The judgment creditors are determined to protect depositors funds and realize the fruits of its judgment by recovering the judgment sum of N26 Billion.

But in a motion of notice filed by its counsel at Federal High Court, Lagos, Siet Trading Limited is seeking to withdraw from the suit.

In the notice for withdrawal brought pursuant to order 50, Rule 2 of Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2019 and under the inherent jurisdiction of the court, the firm stated that it has withdrawn from all its claims as it relate to the originating summons of December 20, 2021 against the defendants in the suit.

Before, the motion seeking to withdraw by the second defendant, Odogwu’s family had in a motion on notice filed on December 31, 2021, urged the court to dismiss or in the alternative strike out the suit filed by Access Bank Plc and Siet Trading Limited.

The notice of preliminary objection was brought on the grounds that the suit constitutes an abuse of court process, that the plaintiffs (Access Bank and Siete Trading Limited), lack the locus standi to institute the instant suit as well as that the action as presently constituted did not disclose any reasonable cause of action against the defendants.

Odogwu’s family stated that the court had become functus officio in respect of the judgment delivered in Suit N0 FHC/L/CS/156/2017 and lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the instant suit seeking to set aside the judgment of a court of coordinate jurisdiction.

They also contended that the entire action is frivolous, vexatious, malicious, tantamount to abuse of the judicial process, that the action as presently constituted is an attempt to use the court to perfect fraud, as no leave of court was obtained before the filing of the suit seeking to set aside a consent judgment.

In the affidavit in support of the notice of preliminary objection, Odogwu’s family through their lawyers, contended that the action, commenced through a wrong procedure, no leave of court was obtained before the filing of the suit seeking to set aside a consent judgment, and the subject matter of the suit, land is outside the jurisdiction of the court and there was no proper service of the originating processes on the defendants.

Tags: Access Bank PlcChief Sonny OdogwuFederal CourtSiet Trading Limited
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