Agbado-Oke Odo Chairman accused of breaking court seals on disputed property

Akin Kuponiyi

The Olubunmi Chieftaincy Family from Alimosho in Lagos State has petitioned the Lagos State Commissioner of Police against Abiodun Ishola Ejigbadero, Chairman of Agbado-Oke Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), accusing him of obstructing justice by breaking judicial seals on a property recovered by court order.

The petition stems from an incident on November 21, 2025, when sheriffs from the Ikeja High Court, backed by Police officers, executed a warrant of possession at a property in Onisigidi Village via Alagba, Agege.

Justice Morenike Obadina issued the order based on an unchallenged 1997 judgment by former Lagos State Chief Judge Inumidun Akande, which affirmed the Olubunmi family’s ownership of the expanse of land.

Eyewitnesses claim that during the execution, officers from the Lagos State Task Force, led by CSP Abutu Anthony, stormed the site with alleged thugs, including Ejigbadero’s brother, Fatai Jimoh Ejigbadero.

They reportedly brutalized court sheriffs, accompanying policemen, and Olubunmi family members, causing injuries. Witnesses further alleged that Ejigbadero personally shot at the judicial seals to break them open.

The dispute over the subject property was conclusively determined and finally affirmed in 2014. At no time were Abiodun Ejigbadero or his father, Mr. Jimoh Ishola Ejigbadero, parties to the suit.

Following the unlawful breach of the court-sealed premises, individuals identified as Abiodun Ejigbadero’s associates were captured on drone footage, and their identities are capable of being established.

The incident was immediately reported at Gowon Estate Police Station, where assurances were given that the suspects would be invited. A formal petition was also submitted to the IGP Monitoring Team and duly acknowledged. No invitation, investigation, or enforcement action has since been taken by the Police.

In contrast, Abiodun Ejigbadero—alleged to have orchestrated the unlawful act—subsequently lodged a cyberbullying complaint at the same police station, which was promptly acted upon, resulting in an invitation being issued to the judgment creditors.

This sequence of events raises grave concerns, as law enforcement agents failed to enforce a subsisting court judgment, yet acted swiftly on a complaint by the alleged violator of that judgment.

We now turn to the media and the judiciary as the final safeguards of justice. We respectfully call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and all well-meaning Nigerians to intervene to prevent the abuse of influence and public office, and to ensure that justice prevails.

This is not Ejigbadero’s first brush with controversy. Even before his chairmanship, he had reportedly terrorized Alimosho residents, claiming vast lands belonged to his late father, Alhaji Jimoh Ishola, a businessman and land speculator.

The elder Ejigbadero was sentenced to death in 1975 by Justice Isiaka Ishola Oluwa for murdering Raji Oba at his Alimosho farmhouse; all appeals failed, and he was executed around 1979.

Ejigbadero’s legal troubles continued in recent years. On January 13, 2022, police charged him with assaulting Olugbenga Bakare on Akowonjo Road; he secured bail. In August 2022, he faced four counts of forgery, perjury, and impersonation, spending a week in prison before bail.

A police investigation report by DCP Umar Shelleng from the AIG’s office exposed forged documents Ejigbadero used to claim properties across Mulero, Alagba, Iyana Ipaja, Abule Oki, Onisigidi, and other Alimosho areas. The report noted that the Olubunmi family has owned these lands “from time immemorial.

However, Ejigbadero’s sons—Abiodun and Tajudeen—falsely claimed ownership post his death without proof.

Shelleng’s report highlighted Ejigbadero’s impersonation, including letters to the Alimosho LGA Chieftaincy Committee on July 6, 2020, and a September 14, 2020, Ikeja High Court suit where he posed as “Prince Abiodun Ishola Akapo.” Forensic analysis confirmed forged signatures.

The report concluded: “The issue of ownership is a civil matter for the courts; forgery, land grabbing, impersonation, and extortion have been established against the suspects.”

Ejigbadero was charged based on this, but in early 2025, the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions filed a nolle prosequi to drop the case, clearing his path to win the Agbado-Oke Odo chairmanship under the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Another grave allegation lingers: a homicide case at Panti SCID. On April 16, 2024, due to the withdrawal of Abiodun Ejigbadero’s IGR collection at Iyana Ipaja Market by the former Chairman of Alimosho Local Government Honourable Sulaimon Jelili, he led thugs to attack the new body authorized with the responsibility of IGR collection, the clash reportedly left one Ajayi dead from a gunshot and others wounded.

During 2023 investigations, Ejigbredo filed a fundamental rights suit at Federal High Court, Lagos, against the Inspector General of Police and others, claiming unlawful arrest and criminalization of a civil land dispute. His lawyer, Bakare Bolaji Ibrahim of Legal Metrics Attorneys, sought declarations of illegality. The case was withdrawn amid his chairmanship bid.

Olubunmi family representatives decry Ejigbadero’s continued “land grabbing” since assuming office, now allegedly empowered by his position to intimidate residents further. Police have yet to respond publicly to the latest petition.