A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday June 25, 2012 granted an interim order restraining the Federal Government from renaming the University of Lagos.
Justice Stephen Adah, who granted the order on Monday, was ruling in the suits brought against the May 29, 2012 renaming of the institution by the students and alumni.
President Goodluck Jonathan had last month renamed the University of Lagos after the late businessman and acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, MKO Abiola.
The renaming of the institution as Moshood Abiola University was greeted by protest from the students and staff of the school. Others criticized the president for not following due process in renaming UNILAG. They insisted that the president should have consulted with the National Assembly before making the pronounciation on democracy day.
The court, however, advised the litigants to complement the suits into one and adjourned further hearing till July 4.
The defendants in the suits are UNILAG, the UNILAG Governing Council, the UNILAG Senate, the Attorney-General of the Federation and the National Assembly.