Ondo football boss challenges oil company in court over filling station eviction

By Dayo Johnson Akure
The Chairman of Ondo State Football Association, and a Former Regent of Akure, Otunba Sunday Dele-Ajayi, has approached the Ondo State High Court to stop Mobil PLC from ejecting him from a filling station he operates in Akure.
Dele-Ajayi, through his counsel, Olusola Oke, filed a Motion on Notice seeking an injunction to preserve the existing contractual agreement between both parties pending the determination of the substantive suit.
In the suit marked HCAK/447/CIV/2026, he is asking the court to restrain Mobil PLC, its officers, agents and privies from terminating the contract or taking any steps to evict him from the premises.
He contended that the evictio...