The High Court of Lagos State sitting in Ikeja has issued an interim order restraining the Lagos State government and its agencies from carrying out further demolition activities in parts of Oworonshoki, Kosofe Local Government Area.

The order, granted by Justice L.A.M. Folami on Friday, November 14, 2025, followed an application filed by four residents of the community, Adeyemi Badejoko, Sheikh Tajudeen Omotayo Murobiu, Mr. Ayanboye Temitope, and Mr. Afolarin Olugbemiga John, on behalf of the Community Development Association (CDA) and residents of Olabode Aluko Street, Iye-Ekiti Close, and Church Street.

The suit, marked ID/10049GCMW/2025, lists the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), His Royal Majesty Oba Babunde Saliu, and the Lagos State government as defendants.

According to court documents, the application dated November 7 and filed November 10 was supported by an affidavit deposed to by Badejoko, a businessman and community leader.

Counsel to the applicants, O. Ajanaku, moved the motion in court alongside a written address.

In the enrolment order, the court restrained the respondents, including their agents, officers, servants, privies, or any persons acting under them, from “entering upon, demolishing, interfering with, or in any manner disturbing the applicants’ lawful possession, occupation and ownership of their respective buildings” in the affected neighbourhoods.

Justice Folami ruled that the interim injunction would remain in force for seven days, during which the applicants are expected to file and serve their substantive suit.

The court also directed the first to fourth applicants to file an undertaking of N10 million to indemnify the defendants if the injunction is later determined to have been wrongly granted.

The order was issued under the hand and seal of the presiding judge on November 16, 2025, and certified by the court’s Legal Registrar, Otitiosa Okoye.

Recent weeks have seen growing tension in Oworonshoki following a series of demolitions reportedly carried out by LASBCA and other state agents.

Several residents had alleged that buildings marked for demolition were longstanding family homes, prompting complaints of inadequate notice, lack of consultation, and fears of forced eviction.

Community groups have held multiple meetings and appealed to the state government for a halt to the operations, arguing that many of the affected residents have lived in the area for decades and possess valid documents.

SaharaReporters reported on September 5 that residents of Oworonshoki in the Kosofe local government of Lagos State stormed the premises of the state House of Assembly to protest the continued demolition of their houses by the state government, without providing them with alternative shelters.

The residents, in their numbers, paraded the assembly complex with placards displaying their displeasure over their sudden eviction from their community despite their support for the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) during the February election.

SaharaReporters had reported how residents of Oworonshoki and Idi Araba communities in the Kosofe and Mushin local government areas of the state were thrown into lamentation in July as Governor Sanwo-Olu’s administration embarked on the demolition of their houses.

It had been reported on September 3 that the Lagos State House of Assembly invited the residents of Oworonshoki in the Kosofe local government area of the state over the continued demolition of their houses, without providing them with alternative shelters.

The latest court action is part of an increasing pushback by residents seeking legal protection from what they describe as arbitrary state actions.

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