Court sheriffs on Tuesday handed over Plot 81, Ademola Adetokumbo Crescent, Wuse 11, Abuja, the property housing the popular Cubana Lounge, to the owner, Mr. Collins Onwuzulike, after overcoming intimidation to carry out the eviction order on the property.
The court sheriffs and a detachment of police officers had arrived at the lounge owned by businessman and social media celebrity, Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, at about 8 a.m. to carry out the eviction order and return the property to the rightful owner.
However, some people believed to be hired thugs had tried to stop the eviction of the court order by attacking the court bailiffs. The thugs attacked the court staff after the mysterious disappearance of policemen who accompanied them to carry out the enforcement.
However, the court bailiffs put up stiff resistance and continued the enforcement of the court order. Reporters who visited the property on Tuesday morning observed how properties belonging to the Lounge, including industrial generators, air conditioners, were being dismantled and evacuated from the property under the supervision of the court bailiffs.
Some members of staff of the Lounge were also seen loitering around helplessly as properties were being evacuated from the building on Friday. A document indicating an ongoing enforcement of the eviction order was prominently pasted on the building.
Recall that court sheriffs had last month executed an eviction order on the property following a court judgment that confirmed Mr. Collins Onwuzulike, the proprietor of SEMC Investment Ltd, as the landlord of the building.
A High Court of Federal Capital Territory sitting in Gwagwalada had in a judgment in July 2025 granted the right of possession of the property to Onwuzulike after deciding that he duly purchased the property from one Rev. Chidiebere Amakaeze at an agreed sum of N2 billion with Power of Attorney and Deed of Assignment which transferred ownership to him duly executed with effect from 1 May, 2024.
The Court noted that despite the execution and transfer, the claimants have not been able to take possession of the property.
The Court presided over by Justice J. A Aina therefore granted the right of the claimants to possession and use of the property at Plot 81, Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja, having duly purchased the property. It also ordered the defendants to immediately give vacant possession of the property at Plot 81, Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja, to the claimants.
It also ordered the Inspector General of Police, Commissioner of Police, Abuja, FCT and other security agencies to assist the claimants in lawfully taking possession, occupation and use of the property at Plot 81, Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja, as the ownership belongs to them.
But some claimants to the property had obtained an order from the FCT High Court, Bwari, stopping the landlord from taking over the property. Tuesday’s eviction order followed the lapse of the court order.
With the successful eviction order on Tuesday, Onwuzulike finally took over the property as the key to the building was handed over to his lawyer, indicating possession.
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