A 92- year- old widow, Mrs Roseline Ololo has dragged the
federal and the Lagos State governments before the Federal High Court in Lagos
over the alleged refusal of the state government to return her schools,
Metropolitan College and Isolo Secondary school, to her as founder.
Ololo is asking the court, in the fundamental rights
enforcement suit, for a declaration that the refusal by the Lagos State
Government to return her schools is unjust, unconstitutional, illegal and
unlawful.
Other respondents in the suit are: the Attorney General of
the Federation, the Minister of Education, Lagos State Attorney General, and
the Lagos State Commissioner for Education.
In an affidavit she personally deposed to, Ololo, who is
suing for herself and her company, Akaix West Africa Ltd, averred that in 1940,
she and her late husband, Mr Akaihieobi-Ololo Ogwuand moved from the Eastern part
of Nigeria to the Lagos colony.
The plaintiff also stated that in 1952, they both
incorporated a company, Akaix Africa Ltd, in which name they established
Metropolitan College.
She said, “Via a letter with Ref No: CEO/18L/31/25 dated
March 1, 1956, our company was granted permission by the Federal Ministry of
Education, to establish Metropolitan College of Commerce.
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