Justice Oyindamola Ogala of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has fixed June 10, 2025, for the hearing of a preliminary objection in a suit filed by the estate of the late Efunroye Tinubu against the Lagos State Government and others over a large parcel of land across the state.

The judge, who fixed the date on Tuesday when the case came up, ordered that the preliminary objection raised by the claimants should be served on other parties in the suit, and proof of service must be in the court file before the next adjournment date.

The claimants, Tinubu Estate and Works Limited, had instituted the suit marked No. ID/8890GCM/2024 against the Lagos State Government, the Attorney General of Lagos State, the Commissioner for Physical Planning, the Permanent Secretary, the Lagos State Property Development Corporation (LSPDC), and other enforcement agencies for alleged failure to perfect documents for the ownership of the said land.

The claimants are contesting the government’s action restricting transactions on the disputed land, which is officially registered as No. 45 on Page 45 in Vol. 2212 of the Lagos State Land Registry.

They argue that the state’s “No Transaction, No Certified True Copy” directive placed on the title is an unlawful reversal of the estate’s recognised ownership without due process.

The claimants stated that “the land ownership was affirmed in 1912 by the Federal Supreme Court of Nigeria and further validated through historical legal documents, including a 1954 Petition of Right.”

They said that suspending operations on the estate’s title without due notice or hearing violates their constitutional rights.

They are therefore seeking court declarations that: “The government’s restriction on transactions involving the land is unlawful and should be lifted; the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) and other agencies have no right to mark buildings for demolition on the estate without due process.

“That the invitation of estate beneficiaries for questioning by government agencies is an attempt to review past court judgements and should be stopped; any directive by the Attorney General or law enforcement agencies to confiscate property from estate beneficiaries should be declared illegal.”

Also, the claimants are praying the court for an order preventing state agencies from interfering with land ownership and stopping any ongoing prosecutions related to the dispute.

The court has therefore directed the claimant to serve the processes on the respondents.