 The absence of Justice Ogunjabi has stalled the hearing between Lagos State Government C-Global and South Energy over the Ocean City project. Council to C-Global Energy, Michael Zekume, senior advocate of Nigeria, said Lagos State is asking for a consolidation of the case and another one before Justice Oyifesso, our correspondent, Justin Akademi, has more. Michael Zekume, S.A.N., said the coastal property, which spans from Adid to Kumbua, Demolatra, Mount Belloway in Victoria Island, was given to his clients in 2003, when President Lushego Bassenjo was in power. Ozokima wonders why a company, South Energy's Nigeria, promoters of a co-Atlantic project aided by the Lagos State Government, would start laying claims to over 10,000 hectares of land. The senior advocate of Nigeria says the federal government has the power, under Sections 49 and 51, of the Land Use Act and under the land title Vesting Act of 1975, to donate to his clients. He also claimed that Lagos State Government had in 2004 and 2005 applied to the federal government to allow them to have a portion of the land close to his clients so as to help South Energy's company. When they tried to encroach upon our land, we went to court in 2018, in a suit pending before Justice Oyifesso, this same Lagos State High Court, sitting, I think, at Etiosa, claiming that we are the owners of the whole of their land, haven't be given the land voluntarily by the federal government of Nigeria. As the case was going on, we decided, that is, C-Global, to start developing a portion of the land, which is not the part of the land in dispute, measuring about 350 hectares. Outside the land in dispute, that we went to court for. The lawyer said his client Adeu Myosage got hints that the state government had surreptitiously filed another action, having similar elements with the same parties. Eventually, he filed a notice of preliminary objection, which Justice Ogunjabi granted. Then, suddenly, just on Friday, 27th of this month, we got a letter from the same law office, representing the other party that is South Energy and Lagos State Government, saying that they want this case transferred and consolidated with that one before Justice Oyifesso. Meaning that they are aware of the similarity between those matters, which we have been arguing. But we have attacked that letter with a response to the Chief Judge, that that cannot be done. Cancel to South Energy and Lagos State Government were not available for comment. The case has been adjourned to July 4th, 2022. Justin Acadone, Plustiv in these Lagos. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.