Ojukwu Transport Limited has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police to intervene in what it described as an attempt to enforce a court judgment that is currently the subject of an appeal in a long-running dispute over several high-value properties in Lagos State.
The company made the appeal in a letter dated May 8, 2026, alleging that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu, and her legal team were seeking to execute a warrant of possession based on a 2022 judgment delivered by Justice A.M. Lawal in Suit No. LD/1539/2012.
OTL contended that the proposed enforcement was improper and unlawful because the judgment had been appealed and ought not to be executed pending the determination of the appeal.
The company said the affected properties had earlier been covered by a separate judgment delivered on June 1, 2018, by Justice Adedayo Oyebanji in Suit No. LD/794/2011, which it claimed had already been lawfully executed.
According to OTL, the execution of the 2018 judgment affected five properties located at 4 Macpherson Avenue, 29 Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, 13 Ojora Road and 30 Gerrard Avenue, all in Ikoyi, as well as 32 Commercial Avenue, Yaba.
The company maintained that the earlier execution was carried out with the participation of the Lagos State Police Command and the Sheriff’s Department, adding that all statutory procedures, including the issuance of Form O, were duly complied with.
OTL also recalled an incident of May 1, 2025, when it alleged that operatives of the Police Zone 2 Command, accompanied by lawyers said to be representing Bianca Ojukwu, took over one of the disputed properties at 4 Macpherson Avenue, Ikoyi.
The firm claimed the action was based on misleading information and said petitions it submitted to police authorities in August 2025 and January 2026 over the incident had not received any response.
Providing an update on the pending proceedings, OTL stated that during a recent sitting in a Form 49 contempt proceeding arising from Suit No. LD/1539/2012, the presiding judge informed parties that the court file was not available and might have been transmitted to the Court of Appeal.
The matter was thereafter adjourned to June 22, 2026.
The company warned that any attempt by law enforcement agencies or court officials to carry out a fresh execution of the warrant while related issues remain pending before the courts and police authorities would amount to an unlawful “repeat execution.”
OTL therefore urged the Inspector-General of Police to intervene and prevent any further enforcement action on the affected properties pending the determination of all outstanding legal and appellate proceedings.
The company also renewed its demand for the immediate release of property it alleged was unlawfully seized.
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