The High court of
Bayelsa state, sitting in Sagbama, has ordered a telecom company, Globacom
Nigeria Limited to vacate a land belonging to the Agbereowei family of
Bolou-Orua community in Sagbama area of the state.
The court, therefore,
ordered the defendant (Globacom) to pay N32.5m representing N24m unpaid rents
at N3m per annum from 2008 to 2016, N8.5m as damages for distress and hardship
caused the claimants.
The Agbereowei family
in a suit, SHC/02/2015, filed by Miss Justina Agbereowei and Mr. Wednesday
Agbereowei (claimants), had sued the telecom company (defendant) for alleged
failure to pay rents on the land housing its base station running into several
years.
The claimants had
prayed the court, presided over by Justice E.G. Omukoro, to declare that they
were the persons rightfully entitled to the right of occupancy in and over all
that parcel of land measuring approximately 40 feet by 40.5 feet where the
defendant’s base station is situated is their property.
In an enrolled order
by Justice Umukoro on July 12, 2016, a copy of which was made available to our
correspondent, the judge ordered that the declaration of entitlement sought to
the right of occupancy over the parcel of land in issue is merited and is
hereby granted.
Umukoro said the
continued occupation of the claimants’ land by the defendant had become
unjustifiable and that the prayers of the claimants for possession and removal
of all structures on the land was hereby granted.
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