Honda Workers Move to Set Aside Court-Approved Merger Over Alleged Suppression of Facts

Honda Workers Move to Set Aside Court-Approved Merger Over Alleged Suppression of Facts

Wale Igbintade

A fresh legal battle has broken out at the Federal High Court in Lagos over the restructuring and proposed merger of Honda Manufacturing (Nigeria) Limited and Honda Automobile Western Africa Limited (HAWA), with workers seeking to set aside a court-approved decision which they claim was secured through material misrepresentation and procedural irregularities.

Justice Akintayo Aluko had on May 12, 2026, granted an ex parte order sanctioning the restructuring process.

However, the Executive Committee of the HAWA Autobate Union and the Local Management Team of HAWA have now approached the court in Suit No. FHC/L/MISC/262/2026, seeking to set aside the order and halt further implementation of the merger.