Environmental Pollution: Ondo Communities Sues Company

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A company called The Wee-Wood Industries Nigeria Limited, which is based in the area, is being sued for environmental pollution by some communities in Ondo State’s Okitipupa Local Government Area.

The towns claimed that the company’s waste products had contaminated their water and land, making life challenging for the locals.

Through their attorney, Mr. Busayo Oroyo, the claimants Oloja Emmanuel and Mr. Fagbohun Olakunle, who brought the lawsuit on behalf of the communities, demanded N200 million in damages from the defendant.

According to a statement of claim, the claimants sought the order of the court to direct “the defendant to abate the nuisance caused by her wrongful disposal of her industrial waste and discharge of harmful effluent into the claimants land, water and environment.”

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They also sought “an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant by itself, its servants or agents or otherwise from repeating continuing the said nuisance and any nuisance of a like kind or the said adverse physical and psychological effect on the claimants.”
The further prayed the court order for “general damage in the sum of N200million only, against the defendant for the effect of the harmful chemical” on their land, water and environment.

Speaking on the suit, the claimants’ counsel, Mr Busayo Oroye, said the defendant were not represented in the court when the matter came up for hearing last Monday.
He said the court had fixed the case on January 23, 2023, for hearing.

 

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