The possession dispute between Ossiomo Power Company Limited and Jiangsu Communication Clean Energy Technology Company Limited, CCETC, a Chinese firm, has taken a brand new flip, with the previous instituting contempt of court proceedings against the latter over alleged disobedience of a court order.
DAILY POST gathered that the dispute between the 2 corporations started in 2025 when the Chinese firm reportedly took possession of Ossiomo Power Company and prevented it from accessing its amenities and finishing up its electrical energy provide operations in Edo State.
Ossiomo Power Company instituted the contempt proceedings against the Chinese firm on the Federal High Court in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
DAILY POST recollects that the defendants, who are actually plaintiffs within the substantive swimsuit, instituted an ex parte movement on the Federal High Court in Abuja in October 2025, looking for an order restraining the administration of Ossiomo Power Company from finishing up its operations.
The court, nevertheless, rejected the ex parte movement and ordered the events to keep up the established order pending the willpower of the substantive swimsuit.
Following the alleged continued occupation of the corporate’s amenities, Ossiomo Power Company, by means of its authorized representatives, G. Elias & Co., filed Form 48 against the respondents.
The doc, titled “Notice of Consequence of Disobedience of Order of Court,” was filed in reference to the dispute between the businesses.
It was learnt that the contempt proceedings have been initially filed in May 2026 however encountered challenges as a result of one of the respondents was in China and couldn’t be served.
The issue in serving the respondent in China reportedly prompted Ossiomo Power Company to strategy the court once more in September 2026 with a movement looking for an order for substituted service in Nigeria.
On September 24, 2026, Ossiomo Power Company and Infrastructure filed contempt of court proceedings against CCETC and Di Xihaou, who has been appearing because the Chinese firm’s principal consultant in Nigeria.
The administration of Ossiomo Power Company and Infrastructure stated it had complied with the court’s order to keep up the established order however accused the Chinese firm of violating the order.
According to the administration, the opposite events had, individually and collectively, dedicated a number of breaches of the court order, prompting the contempt proceedings.
“In February 2026, a video circulated on social media during which CCETC allegedly invited some group members, together with Mr Emmanuel Iyase and Mr Eric Osawaru, to IPP1 and offered themselves because the house owners of the undertaking.
“Also, in July 2026, CCETC allegedly took a big quantity of electrical poles and forcefully related them to the 33kV line, which is wholly owned by Ossiomo.
“For these reasons and more, Ossiomo Power Company instituted contempt of court proceedings against CCETC and its directors and staff at the Federal High Court, Abuja,” the administration stated.
The court is but to repair a date for the listening to of the matter.
