Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has issued an interim order restraining a firm, El-Tahdam Exploration, from further disposing, evacuating, transporting and removing the heap of lithium deposited in Lade, Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State.
This followed a suit filed before the court by Moses Ake and Gana Tsado on behalf members of Lade District Development Association and other indigenes of Lade in Patigi local government area against the company.
The community filed the suit through its counsel, Lanre Yahya.
According to the court in the suit number FHC/IL/CS/119/2025, the order also restrained workers, officers or agents of the firm pending the determination of the motion on notice.
Justice Abimbola Awogboro granted the interim injunction in a certified true copy of the order obtained from the Registrar of the court and dated December 8th, 2025.
In the order, the court also restrained the firm from harassing or attacking the plaintiffs with the use of security agents on account of the matter before it.
The Court said the order subsists pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice and adjourned the suit to January 13th, 2025.
The order partly read, “An order of interim injunction be and is hereby granted, restraining the defendant/respondent, its workers, officers or officials, agents, servants, privies and/or anyone howsoever called acting for or through the defendant from further disposing of evacuating, transporting, removing and/or in any way dealing with or interfering with the heap of lithium deposited in the hometown of the plaintiffs at Lade, Patigi Local Government Area, Kwara State pending the determination of the motion on notice.
“A order of interim injunction be and is hereby granted restraining the defendant from harassing, intimidating and/or attacking the plaintiffs by the use of security personnel or by any other means in relation to the subject matter of this suit.
“The Defendants shall be served with motion on notice together with a copy of this order within 14 days from today failing which this order shall stand automatically discharged.”
