By Rosemary Okoduwa
Ossiomo Power Company has instituted contempt of court proceedings against Chinese firm Jiangsu Communication Clean Energy Technology Co. Ltd (CCETC), CCETC HK Corporation Ltd and Mr. Di Xihaou over alleged violations of a court order issued by the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Ossiomo Power, an electricity generation and distribution company based in Ologbo, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, is accusing the respondents of allegedly breaching an interim court order directing the parties to maintain the status quo in a dispute involving their business interests.
The company reportedly initiated the contempt proceedings through its legal representatives, G. Elias & Co., by filing Form 48, a formal notice warning an alleged contemnor of the consequences of disobeying a court order.
Investigations revealed that the contempt proceedings were initially filed in May 2026 but encountered difficulties in serving one of the respondents in China. Consequently, Ossiomo Power reportedly returned to the court in September 2026 with a motion seeking permission for substituted service in Nigeria.
On September 24, 2026, the company reportedly commenced further proceedings against CCETC and Mr. Di Xihaou, whom it identified as the Chinese firm’s principal representative in Nigeria.
The dispute dates back to October 2025, when CCETC reportedly initiated proceedings at the Federal High Court in Abuja. According to information made available about the case, the court declined an ex parte application seeking restrictions on the accounts of Ossiomo Power and the joint business interests of the parties.
Instead, the court reportedly issued an interim order directing both parties to maintain the status quo pending further proceedings.
However, Ossiomo Power alleges that CCETC, alongside individuals associated with the company, subsequently engaged in actions that violated the court’s directive.
One of the alleged incidents occurred in February 2026, when a video reportedly circulated on social media showing CCETC representatives inviting some community members, including Mr. Emmanuel Iyase and Mr. Eric Osawaru, to IPP1 and allegedly presenting themselves as the owners of the project.
The company further alleged that in July 2026, CCETC took possession of a large number of electricity poles and forcibly connected them to a 33-kilovolt (33kV) power line that Ossiomo claims to own exclusively.
Ossiomo Power maintains that these incidents, among other alleged actions, informed its decision to pursue contempt proceedings against CCETC, its directors and staff at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The proceedings are intended to address the alleged disobedience of the court’s order. However, the allegations remain subject to judicial determination, and no conclusion can be drawn regarding the respondents’ liability before the court.
As of the time of filing this report, the Federal High Court in Abuja had yet to fix a hearing date for the matter.
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