Non-stakeholders have been requested to step away from market activities by traders and other stakeholders in Computer Village, a well-known ICT market. They have warned that any interference may lead to legal action. They said that the market could successfully run its business and choose a leader without any problems under the current setup.
The vendors and other participants stated that there is harmony in the market and that everyone interacts with one another without emphasising any one religion, ethnicity, or other factor that can cause people to become divided.
They emphasised that the market’s current calm and harmony served as more proof that the village’s leadership was capable of running things without asking for outside assistance.
The appeal was filed by the traders and other stakeholders through a pre-action notice sent by their solicitors, Taiwo Olawanle and Adebayo Oniyelu, acting on behalf of The incorporated trustees of Computer Village Market Traders and stakeholders joint management in Lagos.
They stated that additional intervention might require them to file a lawsuit in order to enforce an earlier ruling made by the Ikeja High Court (suit number: ID /9039MFHR/19), which forbids non-stakeholders from intervening and obtaining payments within the market.
“Our client is registered under Part “C” of the Company and Allied Matters Act,” the letter states in part. The conglomeration of the Computer and Allied Products Dealers of Nigeria (ACPEL), the Association of Computer Printers Engineering of Lagos (ACPEL), the Phone and Allied Products Dealers Association of Nigeria (PAPDA), the Computer Technician and Engineers Association of Nigeria (COMTEAN), and the Association of Computer Engineers and Technicians of Nigeria (ACETN) is our client.
“Others include Security Gadget, Pre-Owned Phone Dealers Association of Nigeria (POP), Ogunbiyi Community Development Association, the Association of Computers and Phones Accessories of Nigeria, the Laptop Batteries Dealers Association of Nigeria (LADAN), and the Association of Mobile Communication Devices Engineers and Technicians (AMCODET).”
According to our client’s brief, they filed a lawsuit in Ikeja High Court under the case number ID/9039MFHR/19 to contest your meddling in their personal matters after you repeatedly violated their rights. Among other things, the Honourable Court barred you and your representatives from obtaining any levy from our client because there was no lawful justification for it.
“You persist in interfering with our client’s internal affairs by inciting thugs and contacting our client’s partners to obtain money from them, thereby depriving our client of its revenue, in spite of the above final order made by a competent court.” Additionally, without any excuse, you have persisted in using thugs to obstruct the numerous market associations’ legitimate meetings.
