The company sued Edo State government and Dangote Industries over the disputed mine sites in 2017.
A Federal High Court in Benin, Edo State, has given an interim order restraining the Nigerian Police and Dangote Group from the contentious mining fields at Obu, Okpella in Edo State, operated byThe judgement delivered May 28 followed a suit numbered FHC/B/CS/101/2017 instituted in 2017 by BUA Group following the crises leading to the shutdown of the mining sites.
Respondents in the suit are the Inspector-General of Police, the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Dangote Industries Limited and Dangote Cement PLC. In the judgment delivered by Demi Ajayi, the court granted the prayers of the complainant and directed that all four respondents stay away from the site.“An order of interim in junction hereby granted against the 1st and 2nd respondents and the 3rd and 4th respondents who are hereby restrained from interfering in any manner whatsoever with the said mining lease site pending the hearing and determination of the two pending suits,” the judge ruled.
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