An Oyo State High Court sitting at High Court No.14, Ibadan on Monday struck out the suit filed by the Railway Property Management Company Limited against the Oyo State Government for want of diligent prosecution.
The court was presided over by Hon. Justice O. I. Aiki.
The claimant in the suit , the Railway Property Management Company Limited, had dragged the Oyo State government before the court to challenge government’s revocation of all lands hitherto vested in the Nigerian Railway Corporation, except those being used for rail track and railway staff quarters, for overriding public interest.
The Judge struck out the case on the ground that the action of the claimant fell short of prosecuting the matter with due diligence deserving of a suit being heard as a matter of urgency during the court’s vacation.
The court thereby struck out the suit for what it called “indolent prosecution” on the part of the Railway Property Company Limited.
In the meantime, the Oyo State Government has given what it called a final notice to all persons “be it natural, corporate or incorporate whose root of titles are derived from the Nigerian Railway Corporation and Railway Property Management Company Limited.”
In a notice issued by the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Bayo Ojo, the government said the notice on the property became imperative in view of the revocation.
The notice urged anyone whose title had become voided to contact the Ministry of Land , Housing and Surveys of Oyo State in respect of such void titles forthwith.
It said that the State Government would ratify only land titles that do not contravene and/breach the Physical Planning Laws of Oyo State and other Laws and regulations that are extant in the state.