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BREAKING: Lagos Country Club Shutdown Over Safety Concern

IKEJA – The Caretaker Committee of the Lagos Country Club, Ikoyi, has closed down the club indefinitely for fear of attack on members.

The development followed a purported illegal Emergency General Meeting (EGM) conveyed by some members of the Club.

THE ENCOUNTER NEWS exclusively gathered this in a statement jointly signed by the Caretaker Chairman of the club, Chief Muniru Moradeyo and Caretaker Vice Chairman, Sunny Ukhuelegbe.

The Caretaker Committee noted that the action became imperative despite frowning against such illegal Emergency General Meeting in view of the two pending cases before the Court seeking that the EGM should not hold pending the outcome of the cases.

They maintained that, the illegal Emergency General Meeting was an attempt to overthrow the existing Caretaker committee and supplant it authority with another Caretaker Committee contrary to the consent judgement under which the present Caretaker Committee was inaugurated without a Court Order and in contempt of the consent judgement and pending cases.

The statement reads further, “The attention of the Caretaker Committee has been drawn to an illegal Emergency General Meeting (EGM) purportedly held by some disgruntied members of the Club on Thursday, the10th of October, 2024 notwithstanding the directive of the Caretaker Committee against it and the fact that there are two pending cases before the Court seeking that the EGM should not hold pending the outcome of the cases.

“The EGM resolution attempts to overthrow the present Caretaker Committee and supplant this constituted authority with another Caretaker Committee contrary to the Consent Judgement under which the present Caretaker Committee was inaugurated without a Court Order and in contempt of the Consent Judgement and pending cases.

“This is an attempted Coup détat and extreme lawlessness which we as law-abiding people, will not allow to happen.

“Due to the threats of violence being made by some elements of this group and in order to avoid harm to Club members and their families and possible damage to property, we have come to the necessary though unpalatable decision to close down the Club immediately with effect from Saturday, the 12th of October 2024 until further notice and we urge everyone to stay away from the Club for now.

“We shall update you on developments and re-open the Club as soon as it is safe to do so.”

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