Contrarily to the extensive media commentary surrounding the suit filed by Stella Ifeoma Okengwu, the Managing Director of Winhomes Global Services Limited, concerning the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway project.
Documents filed by Mrs. Okengwu herself before the Federal High Court tell a different story from the narrative being circulated in the media.
In the affidavit supporting the Originating Summons in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/1803/ 2024, as well as in her further affidavit, she expressly deposed that Winhomes had sold the land in question to third parties.
Having divested their interest in the property, the foundation of the company’s public assertions becomes fundamentally inconsistent with the position they presented before the court.
Since initiating the action, Mrs. Okengwu has made several public allegations against the Minister of Works, Sen. Engr. David Umahi, claiming that the highway route was diverted into the Winhomes residential development in Okun Ajah, Lagos, thereby jeopardizing investment said to be worth over $250 million.
However, what has been presented publicly as a “residential development” is in substance, only a gatehouse structure without further development on the site, according to the statement released by the Minister’s aide, Barr. Orji Uchenna Orji.
Meanwhile, in the ruling on the preliminary objections, the Federal High Court held that Mrs. Okengwu Winhomes Global Services Limited lacked the locus standi to institute the action, having admitted through their own filings that they no longer held any proprietary interest in the land.
The court found that the plaintiffs failed to disclose a reasonable cause of action against the defendants and further determined that the claims presented were rooted in land use and alleged trespass, which are issues which fall outside the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court under section 251 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
It added that this clarification from the court brings needed context to ongoing public discussions and underscores the importance of relying on verified judicial findings rather than unsubstantiated media assertions.
It would be recalled that Okengwu Stella of WINHOMES Global Services has been indiscriminately and dishonestly dishing out and sponsoring misleading and purposeful falsehoods in the most unpatriotic manners.
And to the world through different media platforms on the status of their interest on the land at Okun Ajah, Lagos, Nigeria with an ulterior motive of scaring foreign investors from investing in Nigeria.
She has told several lies against the hardworking Minister of Works and has been so wild in her negative comments against the good intentions of the Renewed Hope administration in revolutionizing road infrastructure nationwide.
The court of law has exposed her claims as mendacious and unfounded,and this goes to show she is no more than a troublemaker and false alarmist.
Members of the public are enjoined to discountenance all the trending online vituperations of the CEO of WINHOMES Global Services, Okengwu Ifeoma Stella, against the Minister of Works and her claims concerning Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project.
