The High Court of Lagos State, sitting in Tapa, has granted interim orders directing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately withdraw and cease the publication of any notices declaring Ogadima Dominic Duru and Khalidur Rahman Mohammad Talukder directors of DKK Partners Limited as wanted persons.

The court held that the notices, which relate to an ongoing contractual dispute, must be removed pending the determination of the substantive suit.

In addition, the court restrained Yellow Card Financial Inc. and Yellow Card Financial Nigeria Limited from deploying law enforcement agencies to recover the disputed sum or enforce obligations arising from the parties’ trading contracts.

The EFCC was equally barred from taking any further coercive or enforcement actions in connection with the matter until the motion on notice is heard and determined.

As part of measures to preserve the subject of the dispute, the court directed DKK Partners Limited to deposit the sum of $80,000 into an interest-yielding account, pending the outcome of the case.

The interim orders were granted by Justice (Dr.) Rosul O. Olukolu in suit No. LD/11047GCM/2026, filed by DKK Partners Limited against Yellow Card Financial Inc., Yellow Card Financial Nigeria Limited, and the EFCC as first to third defendants.

Counsel to the claimant, Olamide Balogun, told the court that the company had voluntarily undertaken to deposit the disputed funds as a demonstration of good faith and its commitment to fulfilling contractual obligations.

He maintained that the dispute is purely civil in nature and should be resolved through agreed dispute resolution mechanisms rather than through criminal investigation.

In the substantive suit, DKK Partners Limited argued that the trading contracts were executed between it, a company incorporated in England and Wales and Yellow Card Financial Inc., a United States-based company.

It contended that the parties never envisaged the involvement of Nigerian law enforcement agencies in resolving disputes arising from their private commercial arrangements.

The claimant is seeking declarations that law enforcement agencies cannot be used as debt recovery agents in private contractual disputes.

It also seeks orders compelling the withdrawal of all related petitions and publications, perpetual injunctions restraining further criminal complaints, a corrective publication, and N500 million in general damages for alleged reputational harm and commercial losses, among other reliefs.

The court adjourned the matter to September 29, 2026, for report of service and further proceedings, while the substantive issues remain pending for determination.