Illegal Sale Of Property:  Stay Off NUJ  Press Centre,Court Warns Enedo Enterprise, Akaraonye,Others.

…Case Adj.Nov 24.

An Imo state  High Court    presided over by Hon Justice Ann Ononeze-Madu  handling the case of illegal sale of Imo NUJ Press Centre along Port Harcourt Road, yesterday while  hearing  the matter warned the Respondents: Chris Isiguzo,Chris Akaraonye and  Juliet Dim and their associate,Enedo Enterprise to stop their frequent invasion of the   property pending  the determination of the matter before it.

The court cautioned that further attempt by the Respondents  to do any   thing that will  act as an attempt to  disrespect his court  would attract the full wrath of the law.

The  court made the order  following the submissions made by the Applicants  led by Comr Precious  Nwadike, Steve Uzoechi,Lambert Ojukwu,Imo  NUJ through  their counsel,Prof Francis  Dike , SAN who informed the Court about incessant harassments of NUJ members by the Respondents,Chris Akaraonye ,Juliet Dim ,Chris Isiguzo and  their lawyer, Chimezie Kingsley Okorie,SAN.

The Respondents had  sold the  NUJ secretariat(Press Centre ) at Port Harcourt Road, Owerri  in 2021 to one  Enedo Enterprises.

The Respondents were said to have sold the mighty complex to a  former Governor of the state at a paltry sum of twenty  million (N20m) on several occasions .

They had also gotten  a spurious judgement  by the Enedo Enterprises who they  illegally sold  the property to.

Since then  they have been invading the premises,laying  claim to the property .

The counsel to the Applicants,Prof Dike  further informed the court that  the claiming of ownership by the Respondents has no legal backing, submitting that those involved in the purported transaction are not original members of the Union therefore lacked legal capacity to represent it.

He also submitted  that the leadership of the Union was a subject to litigation before the  National Industrial Court of Nigeria ,NICN,since 2019 and wondered why the so called representatives embarked on the illegal sale of the property in 2022.

Upon hearing the submissions of both counsels the presiding judge  ruled that both parties should restrain themselves  from any action that can disrupt the court process, pending the   determination of the matter.

The case was adjourned to November 2 1 for further hearing.

 

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