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Court Suspends Roger Brown As Seplat Energy CEO

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted an interim order restraining Mr. Roger Brown from parading himself as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Seplat Energy Plc.

Justice Chukwuejekwu Aneke ruled that the order stands pending the determination of a suit instituted against the company chief and others by aggrieved stakeholders of the company.

The applicants, in the motion ex parts filed before the court, alleged racism, favouring expatriate workers, discrimination against Nigerians, and breach of good governance.

The court also restrained the firm’s Chairman, Board of Directors, Mr. Basil Omiyi, and all the Non-Executive Directors under him from “continuing to run the affairs of Seplat in an illegal, unfair, prejudicial, and oppressive manner pending the hearing and determination of the Petitioner’s Motion on Notice for interlocutory injunction”.

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Justice Aneke made the order while ruling on a motion ex parte brought by some aggrieved Seplat Energy Plcs stakeholders.

The applicants/petitioners in the suit are: Moses Igbrude, Sarat Kudaisi, Kenneth Nnabike, Ajani Abidoye, and Robert Ibekwe.

Seplat Energy PLC, Mr. Roger Thompson Brown, and Mr. Basil Omiyi, were listed as respondents in the suit.

Also, following a separate ex parte application, Justice Aneke granted the petitioners/applicants leave to serve the petition, any order of court and all other processes to be issued subsequently in the matter on Brown and Omiyi by pasting on the premises of Seplat Energy located at Ikoyi, Lagos.

The court adjourned till March 23 for hearing of the pending application.

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Akinlade I. WAHAB is a dedicated journalist and the proprietor of I-WAHAB Media. He embarked on his career at Murhi International TV (MiTV) and subsequently joined Radio Nigeria as a Judicial Correspondent.With a profound interest in legal reporting, he currently holds the positions of Chairman at the National Association of Judicial Correspondents (NAJUC), Ikeja Branch, and Chairman at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Radio Nigeria Chapel.As the owner of I-WAHAB Media, he has successfully established Top Court News, a platform renowned for providing comprehensive coverage of court cases and legal developments, with the aim of promoting transparency within the judicial system.Akinlade's diligent work and unwavering commitment to ethical reporting have earned him immense respect within the Nigerian journalism community.

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