A judge in Ogun State has given Senator Gbenga Daniel two weeks to hand over property documents that the state government has requested.
Senator Daniel, who represents Ogun East in the Nigerian Senate, appeared in court on Tuesday for a legal case he started against the state governor and other officials.
The case, numbered HCS/371/2025, involves a dispute over property documents that the government wants to see. Judge O.S. Oloyede, who is hearing the case at the high court in Sagamu, told Daniel and another person involved in the case that they must follow the government’s request for documents.
The state’s top lawyer, O.T. Olaotan, told the court that the government has filed legal papers in response to Daniel’s court application. He argued that the case wasn’t ready to be heard properly yet.
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Olaotan asked the judge to tell Daniel to use the extra two weeks that the government had already announced for people to submit their documents.
However, Daniel’s lawyer, A.O. Kotoye, wanted the court to extend a temporary order that stops the state government from taking action against the property. This temporary protection was put in place on 12th August and was meant to last for seven days.
Judge Oloyede made a decision that both sides should keep things as they are for now and try to work out an agreement between themselves.
He also told Daniel to make use of the government’s two-week extension and submit the required documents to the Ministry of Physical Planning.
The legal battle started when the Ogun State government sent out notices demanding that Daniel and other property owners in the Sagamu area provide their property documents.
Daniel, who used to be the governor of Ogun State, had already got a court order to temporarily stop the government from demolishing his house and a hotel connected to him. The government claims these buildings were approved irregularly.
The case will continue on 13th October, when the court will hear other legal applications that are still pending.
