Ile Arugbo: Parties opt for out of court settlement

The case between the state government and Asa investment over the disputed land on which Ile Arugbo was built will be settled out of court.

To this effect, Counsel to Asa investment limited, Abdulazeez Ibraheem, told the court on Friday that he had written a letter on the instructions of the claimant to the attorney general and commissioner for Justice, Salman Jawondo, on January 20, 2020, for a possible out of court settlement.

“Consequent upon judicial advice to the parties by the court on January 15, 2020, on the need to explore settlement out of court in order to sustain existing peace in Kwara state, known as the state of Harmony, we as counsel to the claimant persuaded our client.

"After a thorough discussion, we wrote the attorney general and commissioner for Justice because we want peace. We asked for a date, time and venue to meet. Consequently, this morning, we served a letter from the Ministry of Justice, Kwara state dated January 23, 2020. In the letter, we were invited for a meeting on Monday, January 27, 2020,” he said.

The presiding judge, Justice A. A. Adebara was impressed by the decision of both parties and granted them an adjournment to March 2, 2020, to settle the matter amicably, as reported by Tribune.