Malami, Emefiele, others Summoned by Court over Handover of National Theatre
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, and five others to appear before it on July 24 to explain why the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos was handed over on July 12 to some developers while the structure is a subject of a pending lawsuit marked FHC/L/CS/2392/2019.
Justice Ayokunle Faji, in his ruling, said that Malami and the others should appear before the court to convince it why the handover should not be reversed.
The order by the court favourd Topwideapeas Limited, whose lawyer, Chijioke Okoli (SAN), argued an ex pate application.
Okoli complained that despite the fact that the matter was pending, the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos was handed over to the CBN, Access Bank of Nigeria Plc and Herbert Wigwe.
Okoli thus argued that if the handover is not reversed, the handover of the structure would render the eventual decision of the court in the suit nugatory.
