Justice Jude Dagat of a Federal High Court in Lagos has declared that a N2billion suit instituted against Eko Atlantic Project Dredgers is in order. In a ruling yesterday, the judge held that the plaintiff in the suit, Mondivest Ltd, had a locus standi to maintain an action against Eko Atlantic project dredgers for damages caused to the Kuramo waters.
Justice Dagat held that the plaintiff had a good cause of action and that the plaintiff (Mondinvest Ltd) had a standi to maintain action for damages caused to Kuramo Waters by Eko Atlantic project dredger. The judge, however, declined to grant an interlocutory injunction against Eko Atlantic project Dredgers.
The plaintiff had filed the suit, claiming the sum of N2billion as damages suffered owing to the defendants activities on the Kuramo waters. The defendants in the suit are; M.V. Breughel (sister vessel to M.V. Congo River), the Master of the M.V. Breughel and Dredging Environmental and Marine Engineering NV. They had in their preliminary objections urged the court to dismiss the suit on the grounds that the plaintiff lacked jurisdiction to institute same.
