Edo fails to file defence in N36.5m Ogba Zoo award case

By Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin
The Edo State High Court Benin yesterday adjourned until December 14, 2026, a suit seeking to enforce a N36.5 million arbitral award against the Edo State Government over the management of Ogba Zoo, following the government’s failure to file its response to the claimant’s court processes.
The suit, marked B/2070S/2002, was instituted by Everal Services Ltd, the franchise owner of Ogba Zoo, to enforce an arbitral award delivered in its favour on November 3, 2016, over the state’s alleged breach of a lease agreement for the management of the zoological facility.
The matter came up before Justice P. A. Akhihiero, but the government’s failure to file its res...