An fct high court sitting at bwari in abuja on 2nd september 2020 restrained the fct area courts and the Entirety of Nigeria police force from handling,entertaining, preceeding over land matters in disguise of any form whatsoever. The fct high court holding at bwari abuja in motion no:fct/hc/bw/m/225/2020 with suit name as:ferguson ugochukwu and 2others vs francise bobai,nigeria police force,fct karu area court in a ruling delivered by per coram:Justice oathman a Musa in granting the reliefs of the applicant in the persons of ferguson ugochukwu and others, actually restrained all the defendants, fct area court, entirety of nigeria police force from entertaining and presiding over ownership of land matters referred to them by way of direct criminal complaints by the fct area courts.The presiding fct high court judge in the above case, also restrained the Nigeria police force from arresting.harassing, investigating under any guise whatsoever the subject matter between all parties in the above matter.
Reacting to this,an activist and lawyer to the applicant in this case:Ihensekhien samuel junior(esq) gave kudos to the elabourate ruling of the fct high court, as he implored fct area courts to desist and resist the temptation of handling title to land related issues or land matters in general,where they have no jurisdiction whatsoever.In his words,this is the second time i am approaching the fct high court in other to restrian the fct area courts to totally hands off from handling land matters that borders on title to land. He noted that he will further write officially to Agf, Igp of Nigeria police force on the need to comply with this court ruling, even after different judgements against fct area courts from handling land matters,.He also thanked the applicant for choosing to toe the line of justice as regarding the above issue, as he also by this medium thanked the larger abuja civil society group,who recently awarded him the funny title of (emerging and senior lawyer of the masses)sam,he then concluded.