A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday vacated an interim order which restrained the Omoni Oboli from premiering and releasing her movie, Okafor’s Law.
Justice Ibrahim Buba had on March 24, granted an interim order, stopping the premiere of the movie hours before its premiere at Filmhouse IMAX Cinema in Lekki, Lagos.
The order also halted its planned release on March 31.
Buba’s order followed an ex parte motion filed by Raconteur Production Ltd on behalf of Canada-based writer, Jude Idada, who claimed Omoni stole his story.
Omoni was joined defendants in the suit along with Dioni Visions and FilmOne Distribution.
But in a short ruling on Thursday, Buba vacated the interim orders, paving way for the release of the film, after entertaining arguments from both counsel to the plaintiff and defendants.
”The court shall resist the temptation of making any pronouncement on the substance of the matter at this interlocutory stage,” Buba held.
“Suffice to say that surely what is exhibited by the plaintiff is a script The Bet and not Okafor’s Law and so this court has no doubt that the plaintiff/applicant cannot sustain this application.”
