Court restricts Ogun govt from demolishing Gbenga Daniel properties
Ogun State High Court issues orders stopping demolition of Gbenga Daniel’s properties, citing political tension with the state government.
The Ogun court restrains government from demolishing Gbenga Daniel properties after issuing ex-parte orders in three separate suits on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
Justice W.T. Ogundele of the Ogun State High Court, sitting in Sagamu, ruled that the state must maintain the status quo until a hearing scheduled for August 19, 2025.
The court orders come amid an escalating dispute between former governor and current senator Otunba Gbenga Daniel and the administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun.
Daniel’s camp claims the state’s recent demolition threats, posted on August 8, amount to “political persecution,” alleging that a new law is being applied retroactively to long-standing properties.
In the first suit (HCS/371/2025), Daniel and his wife, Yeye Olufunke Daniel, secured protection for their Asoludero Court property, covered by two Certificates of Occupancy.
The second suit (HCS/372/2025), filed by Conference Hotel Limited and Blue Chapel Limited, shields a property with a 2004 Certificate of Occupancy.
The third suit (HCS/373/2025), brought by Yeye Olufunke Daniel and Conference Hotel Limited, safeguards a property purchased from a previous owner.
The orders prevent the Ogun State Government from demolishing, tampering with, or interfering with the claimants’ quiet possession of these properties until the court’s next sitting.
