As crisis deepens, caretaker committee seals Lagos Country Club indefinitely

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The caretaker committee, led by Chief Muniru Moradeyo and Sunny Ukhuelegbe, Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively, constituted to resolve the simmering crisis in the popular Lagos Country Club has shut the premises of the club.

The club, on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Joel Ogunnaike Street in Ikeja, Lagos State, was shut down indefinitely.

This appears to be the first proactive step to stave off “threats of violence being made by some elements”.

The closure of the elite club was announced on Saturday by the club’s Caretaker Committee for safety reasons.

A public notice dated October 12, 2024, the caretaker committee stated that its attention had been drawn to an illegal Emergency General Meeting (EGM) purportedly held by some disgruntled members of the Club on Thursday, the 10th of October, 2024.

Also, it stated that the October 10, 2024 meeting was held, notwithstanding the directive of the Caretaker Committee against it and the fact that there were two pending cases before the court, seeking that the EGM should not hold, pending the outcome of the cases.

It added that, “The EGM resolution attempts to overthrow the present Caretaker Committee and supplant this constituted authority with another 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 d’etat 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 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.”

Indeed, the Caretaker Committee was raised to oversee the affairs of the club and organise elections into the various vacant positions within two months.

This resolution was taken by the members during an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on Thursday.

The 160 members who were at the crucial meeting voted overwhelmingly to constitute a Caretaker Committee.

The club had been embroiled in an internal crisis, which led to several court cases. But on July 3, 2024, Justice A Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos delivered a Consent Judgement after the cases were harmonised and the aggrieved parties decided to tow the path of reconciliation.