October 28, 2022
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FEDERAL High Court in Lagos has authorised five plaintiffs in a dispute on the Incorporated Trusteeship of Seventh Day Adventist Church to serve the defendants by substituted means.
The plaintiffs are Elder Wole Oyelese, Elder Oluseyi Oduyoye, Elder Kunle Falade, Elder Ray Mene and Deacon Chikwe Okorie (for themselves and on behalf of members of Seventh-Day Church).
The first to fourth defendants are Incorporated Trustees of the church, Pastor Oyeleke Alabi Owolabi, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and registrar general of CAC.
Justice Yellim Bogoro made the order on October 17, following the plaintiffs’ October 15 Motion Ex Parte application filed through their counsel Abiodun O. Adebayo.
He held: “It is hereby ordered as follows: An order for substituted service is granted on the second defendant/respondent (Pastor Oyeleke Alabi Owolabi) by posting the Originating Process and other processes in this suit on conspicuous part of Seventh Day Adventist Church, 524, Ikorodu Road, Maryland, Lagos State, being the usual/last known place of abode and business of the second defendant/respondent.”
He adjourned till December 1 for a Report of Service.
The plaintiffs, members of Seventh-Day Adventist in Nigeria, are seeking, among others, “a declaration that the trustees of the church as reconstituted on June 23, 2016, pursuant to Pastor Owolabi’s application to the third and fourth defendants (CAC & The Registrar of CAC) is fraudulent, null and void and of no effect.
“A declaration that Pastor Owolabi is not fit and proper to be appointed and or elected as a trustee of the first defendant and/or any corporate institution.
‘’A declaration that the issuance of the certificate of incorporation by the third and fourth defendants to the first defendant pursuant to the application of Pastor Owolabi of June 23, 2016, with CAC/TT/NO 12150 is null and void and of no effect whatsoever.
“An order mandating the third and fourth defendants to withdraw the certificate of incorporation of June 23, 2016, with CACAT/NO 12150 from the first defendant forthwith.
“An order of perpetual injunction restraining Pastor Owolabi from further parading himself as a trustee and/or chairman of trustees of the first defendant.
“An order allowing the plaintiffs to elect and/or appoint new trustees for the first defendant and present them to the third and fourth defendants for incorporation.”
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