Two senior lawyers’ scramble to represent General Hydrocarbons Limited in its debt dispute suit against the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and others stalled proceedings the Federal High Court in Lagos stalled on Wednesday.
The disagreement emerged in suit FHC/L/CS/1903/2025 before a judge, Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, when Abiodun Layonu and Oluseye Opasanya – both Senior Advocates of Nigeria – separately announced appearances for the claimant.
Mr Layonu told the court he had been briefed by General Hydrocarbons.
But Mr Opasanya, appointed Receiver/Manager over the company by AMCON, insisted he is the lawful representative of the firm, arguing that the company had been in receivership before the suit was filed, an issue he said the former directors failed to disclose.
The conflicting positions triggered prolonged arguments on who was legally author
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