Sterling Precision Limited has dragged the Deeper Christian Life Ministry earlier than the Ogun State High Court over an alleged encroachment on a disputed one-acre parcel of land in Ososa Village, Sagamu, searching for restoration of the property, damages for trespass and an order stopping additional interference.
The firm accused the church of allegedly taking on a part of its land, demolishing sections of its perimeter fence and disrupting development work at Ewu Bowun, Ososa Village.
In its court docket filings, Sterling Precision claimed it acquired 20 plots of land from the Joshua Oyetunde Soneye-Vaughan household in 2010, supported by a deed of task and a survey plan.
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The firm alleged that about one acre of the property was later included in error within the implementation of a settlement reached in an earlier swimsuit, marked HCS/47/2020, between Deeper Christian Life Ministry and members of the Soneye-Vaughan household.
Sterling Precision maintained that it was not a celebration to the sooner proceedings and had neither transferred the disputed land to the church nor authorised anybody to take action on its behalf.
The applicant claimed in its witness assertion on oath {that a} joint boundary inspection involving surveyors and police representatives indicated that the disputed portion fell inside its property.
The firm additional alleged that efforts to resolve the disagreement had been unsuccessful and that church representatives halted its fencing work, lined excavated basis trenches and demolished elements of its current perimeter fence.
It additionally alleged that the church later started contemporary basis work on the disputed portion regardless of the unresolved possession declare.
Sterling Precision mentioned the alleged actions prevented it from finishing its perimeter fence, securing the property and continuing with its deliberate growth.
The firm is due to this fact asking the court docket to declare it the lawful proprietor of the disputed one-acre parcel, order restoration of possession and award damages for alleged trespass.
It additionally seeks a perpetual injunction restraining the church, its brokers, servants, and privies from additional getting into, occupying, creating, or in any other case interfering with the disputed land.
The defendant is but to file it response to the swimsuit.
At the final sitting of the court docket the trial decide, Justice Martins Akinyemi granted permission for the second defendant, Dr. Felicia Temidayo Soneye-Vaughan, to be served court docket processes by her WhatsApp platform.
The court docket had adjourned the case to January 21, 2027 for continuation of listening to.
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