Court File Missing Again as Ojukwu Transport Property Case Faces Fresh Delay

(Court. Photo by Daily Nigerain)

Ojukwu Transport Limited, OTL, has raised concerns over the repeated absence of court records in its ongoing property dispute with Bianca Ojukwu and her sons, even as it filed a motion for stay of execution pending the determination of its appeal.

Proceedings before Justice A.M. Lawal of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on Monday were stalled for the second time in six weeks due to the unavailability of the case file.

A similar situation had occurred on May 8, 2026, when the case equally could not proceed for the same reason.

OTL alleged that the file had been taken from the Ikeja Judicial Division to Lagos more than two months ago for the execution of a warrant and had yet to be returned.

The claimants' legal representatives were also absent from court on both occasions.

Describing the development as troubling, the company said the repeated unavailability of the file had effectively stalled proceedings and raised serious questions about accountability in the handling of court records.

Amid the delays, OTL disclosed that it had filed and served a motion for stay of execution at the Court of Appeal, seeking to halt enforcement of the judgment pending the outcome of its appeal against the 2022 decision in Suit No. LD/1539/2012.

The company stated that the application became necessary because steps were being taken to enforce the judgment despite its pending appeal.

OTL further contended that the properties in dispute had previously been the subject of a warrant of execution arising from a separate judgment delivered in 2018 by Justice Adedayo Oyebanji in Suit No. LD/794/2011.

The case was subsequently adjourned to October 8, 2026. Present in court on both adjourned dates on behalf of OTL was one of its directors, Dr. P. Ike Ojukwu.

The company is represented by Ifeanyi Okumah Esq and Chief O. Ugolo, SAN, while Bianca Ojukwu and her sons are represented by Nick Omeye Esq and Co.