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The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Ebonyi Government to reopen the quarry site of Crushed Rock Industries Limited, which was shut down recently.
Justice Ahmed Mohammed gave the order while delivering judgment in a suit filed by lawyer to the mining firm, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN.
Justice Mohammed also awarded N10 million damages against the state government.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the over 40-year-old company had, on April 23, in its suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/451/2020, sued the Ebonyi Government for an alleged illegal shutdown of its quarry site.
It alleged that its quarry site located at Ishiagu in Ebonyi was shut by the state government for non-payment of exorbitant fees.
By Taiye Agbaje
Abuja, Dec. 22, 2020 The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Ebonyi Government to reopen the quarry site of Crushed Rock Industries Limited, which was shut down recently.
Justice Ahmed Mohammed gave the order while delivering judgment in a suit filed by lawyer to the mining firm, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN.
Justice Mohammed also awarded N10 million damages against the state government.
Naija247news reports that the over 40-year-old company had, on April 23, in its suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/451/2020, sued the Ebonyi Government for an alleged illegal shutdown of its quarry site.
It alleged that its quarry site located at Ishiagu in Ebonyi was shut by the state government for non-payment of exorbitant fees.
Court orders immediate unsealing of mining firm in Ebonyi
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the immediate unsealing of Crushed Rock Industries Nigeria Limited a mining company situated at Isiagu, Ebonyi State, which it held was illegally shut down on March 11 by the state government.
The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Ahmed Mohammed, further awarded the sum of N10million as damages against the Ebonyi State government for the wrongful closure of the
The firm had through its lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, approached the court to challenge the shutting down of its operations, stressing that it has mined stones at Ishiagu in Ebonyi state for over 40 years.