Roger Brown, the CEO of Seplat Energy Plc,has been prohibited from misrepresenting himself as the company’s CEO. Judge Chukwuejekwu Aneke said this on Thursday while he was sitting in a Federal High Court in Lagos, pending the outcome of a motion for an interlocutory injunction.
Affected stakeholders of the company filed the lawsuit against Mr. Brown and others. The claims are racism, favoritism of foreign workers, discrimination against Nigerians, and violation of good governance.
The court also restrained the firm’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, Basil Omiyi, and all the independent 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 Petitioners’ Motion on Notice for an interlocutory injunction”.
The court issued the instructions on Wednesday while making a decision about a Motion Exparte filed by the company’s displeased stakeholders.
Moses Igbrude, Sarat Kudaisi, Kenneth Nnabike, Ajani Abidoye, and Robert Ibekwe are the plaintiffs/petitioners in the lawsuit.
Whereas Basil Omiyi, Roger Thompson Brown, and Seplat Energy PLC are designated as respondents in the lawsuit with the file number FHC/L/402/2023.
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Also, in a separate ex parte application, Judge Aneke gave the petitioners/applicants permission to serve Mr. Brown and Mr. Omiyi with their petition against the defendants, any subsequent court orders, and all other processes by posting them within Seplat
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The court postponed the hearing on the ongoing application until March 23. According to the applicants’ motion on notice, which was submitted by their attorney Jeph Njikonye (SAN). Seplat’s business affairs have been conducted in a way that is illegal, oppressive, unfairly prejudicial to the petitioners . He also stated that completely disregards the interests of the petitioners, other employees, and Seplat as a whole.
They also asked for a declaration. Stating that Roger Brown, the board chairman, Basil Omiyi, and the non-executive directors have “failed in the discharge of their duties and are unfit to continue to function in the company. This is due to their condoning of the unlawful, discriminatory, and abusive conduct of the CEO.”
