The Lagos government charged the 55-year-old defendant on three counts bordering on involuntary manslaughter, conspiracy, and attempted murder.
They seek to set aside the court’s June 20, 2024, ruling, which they claim led to the alleged invasion and demolition of parts of the market in August 2025.
The Falanas are demanding N500 million each — totalling N1 billion — in damages from the defendant.
The convicts were apprehended in the middle of an illegal operation at the New Horizon Estate, Lekki, Lagos, sometime in 2021.
The Lagos government, on March 31, 2023, charged Chrisland School Ltd. Opebi, its principal and vice principal and two others with the killing of Miss Adeniran.
The legal fireworks between the Lagos government and some traders at the Mile 12 Market continue, with the latter getting some reprieve in court.
The activist said it was illegal, misleading, unlawful, exploitative, and abusive for the presidential candidate to post the picture and video of the toddler on Twitter.
