BAECC wins as courtroom strikes out go well with over Benin–Asaba expressway building

The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a go well with filed by the Society of Public Interest Lawyers in Nigeria (SPI-LAW) over the situation of the Benin–Asaba expressway following the execution of remedial works by the Benin-Asaba Expressway Concession Company Limited (BAECC).

The go well with, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2171/2026, was struck out by Justice Inyang Ekwo after SPI-LAW knowledgeable the courtroom that the Concessionaire had commenced remedial works on the strategic freeway, and the preliminary visitors congestion had subsequently eased.

The Benin-Asaba Expressway Concession Company Limited (BAECC) has at all times rejected claims that it failed to hold out remedial works on the Benin-Asaba Expressway, sources from the Company have at all times maintained that it continued palliative interventions on essential sections of the freeway. According to the Concessionaire, these measures decreased congestion and improved vehicular motion by means of a number of the sections most affected by the congestion.

Following this ruling, this assertion has now been validated and permits BAECC to proceed with the continued building work alongside this very important hall.

At the proceedings, counsel to SPI-LAW, J. O. Aikpokpo-Martins, knowledgeable the courtroom that the plaintiff had filed a discover of discontinuance dated October 12, 2026, in view of the event.

The plaintiff subsequently urged the courtroom to strike out the go well with, an utility that was not opposed by counsel to the opposite events being the Attorney General of the Federation, the Minister of Works, and the Concessionaire.

The Attorney-General of the Federation and the Minister of Works, listed because the second and third defendants, had been represented by A. A. Raji, SAN. The authorized workforce representing the Concessionaire was led by Wole Olanipekun, SAN.

SPI-LAW instituted the motion on September 11, 2026, looking for judicial intervention over the situation of the expressway.

Among the reliefs sought had been the cancellation or termination of the expressway’s concession settlement, an order directing the Federal Government to take acceptable management of the street, and pressing rehabilitation of broken sections.

The organisation additionally sought orders referring to visitors administration and different interim measures pending complete rehabilitation of the freeway.

SPI-LAW had initially commenced the motion in reference to situations on the Benin–Asaba Expressway and the measures being taken to deal with traffic-related challenges on the hall.