Popular Lagos pastor, Paul Adefarasin and his church, House on the Rock have been sued by a businessman, Gerald Chukwueke. Chukwueke and four others through their counsel, Moyo Onigbanjo, SAN, are demanding the sum as damages against Adefarasin and his church for allegedly trespassing on their land located in Lekki, Lagos. Trial judge is Justice Adebisi Akinlade of Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere. Other claimants are Chinelo Chukwueke, Mrs Martha Chukwueke, Germaine Logistics Ltd & Germaine Auto Centre Limited. At the last court sitting, Justice Akinlade had restrained the defendants, including the Incorporated Trustees of the Rock Foundation, the Registrar of Titles, Lagos State Land Registry and the Attorney General of Lagos State from further trespassing on the land. The court restrained the defendants, agents or privies from demolishing or removing any structure whatsoever be they temporary or permanent on the claimants premises located at plots 15, 16, 17 and 18 located at 188 Ikate, Lekki, Lagos. Justice Akinlade has adjourned the case to April 7.
