The Nigerian Police would like to release the results of the completed investigations into a petition against the owners of Harmony Gardens and Estate Development Limited and Amen Estate, Saheed Abdullahi Mosadoluwa (aka Ibile) and Ms Sade Balogun respectively.
The outcome of the investigations clearly shows that the police conducted a commendable and commendable investigation without any sentiment erupting and the duo are being prosecuted by the Lagos state government contrary to news making the rounds.
The case began through a petition by an Adeyinka Igbinoba dated March 21, 2022, received at the Office of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, and the IGP Monitoring Unit agreed to investigate.
In the petition, the petitioner claimed that her sisters, Barristers Bunmi Okoror and Abiodun Abdul, had requested the return of an initial deposit of 30 million naira paid to a certain Saheed Abdullahi Mosadoluwa (aka Ibile) in relation to some properties in Lekki be. Lagos and claimed that the certificate of occupancy issued was forged and subsequently reported the matter to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
In the course of the back and forth to recover the said amount of money, the petitioner, Adeyinka Igbinoba, with her siblings Bunmi Okoror and Abiodun Abdul, and her mother, Mrs Abdul Beckely, along with their driver, attended a scheduled meeting at the office of Mr. Saheed from Landbook Office, Elefantena Plaza, Opposite Ikole Complex, Ajah, Lagos, who had made it clear that he would only refund the full amount paid if they withdrew the case from the EFCC.
At the meeting, they met Mr. Saheed, his agent, Mr. Kolawole Opeodu, and two other men.
It was alleged that the meeting became heated and led to a serious altercation in which Mr Saheed hit the petitioner with a carved wooden object, resulting in a serious fracture of her right ankle.
It is also important to mention that Ms Sade Balogun, owner of the Amen Estate where the petitioner resides, prevented the petitioner from entering her property due to her friendship with Mr Saheed.
A detailed investigation of the petition has successfully addressed the three (3) key issues.
First, a May 23, 2022 response to a police inquiry from the Office of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Lands, Lagos, established ownership of the land but did not confirm or deny any encumbrances as requested.
Secondly, there is circumstantial evidence in the form of audio recordings supporting the claim that Mr Saheed (Ibile) caused serious harm to the petitioner when she fractured her right ankle between the corridor and the stairs leading to the suspect’s office had operated on and incapacitated the applicant on crutches.
Finally, Ms Sade Gbadamosi’s conduct in preventing the petitioner from accessing her property constitutes a violation of the petitioner’s fundamental rights and is likely to lead to a breach of the peace.
The Nigerian Police hereby calls on the citizens, as key stakeholders in policing, to ignore the baseless and unfounded allegation and sponsored untruth circulating in the media that the police would be silently prosecuting innocent individuals as the facts are presented were up.
The untruth spread is due to the fact that their desperate and relentless efforts (the perpetrators) to suppress and pervert justice have been crushed by the police as we are under the current leadership of the Force to Justice.
The Lagos State Attorney General will, at the request of the Lagos State Government, take the matter to court as soon as possible and anyone who has any concerns about the police investigation may raise them in court.
