A hotelier, Hassan Alli, has urged the Inspector-General of Police and other law enforcement agencies to prosecute an alleged land grabber, Moroof Owonla, also known as Kaka Moroof, for unlawful invasion of property and looting goods worth N33.6m at No 34 Ferguson Osagie Street, Ayobo and No 2 Peace Street Ayobo, both in Lagos State.
Alli accused ‘Kaka Moroof’ of forcefully taking over his hotel at Ayobo with fake judgment with suit no ID/1722/92 between Arimiyau Ekundayo, Taiwo Ogunbiyi, and 12 others.
He stated that the purported judgment and the survey plan relied on by ‘Kaka Moroof’ had no correlation with his lands and hotel at Ferguson Osagie Street, Ayobo.
The letter was addressed to the Federal Government, law enforcement agents, the Senate President, the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice including the Inspector-General of Police.
He also sent a copy of the letter to the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Attorney-General of Lagos State and Commissioner for Justice, and also the Lagos State House of Assembly.
The complainant further sent a letter to the Land & Property Section, Director of State Security Services, zonal head, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos, Nigeria Navy Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Apapa, Lagos State, the Flag Officer Commanding, the Naval Training Command and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
He is demanding prompt prosecution of the alleged ‘notorious serial land grabber,’ and his cohorts for terrorism, forceful entry, land grabbing, unlawful invasion and taking over, and threat to the lives and property of innocent land owners within Ayobo community.
Alli stated in the letter, “I am the bonafide owner of the land, and I have the title documents intact regarding my property. The alleged suspect was a notorious land grabber who in his desperate but unsuccessful bid to forcefully steal and grab my hotel had on August 5, 2022, broken into the hotel, chased away workers inside the 33 rooms hotel capacity almost at the completion stage and forcefully took over.’’
Meanwhile, the suspect has a pending case before Justice A. M Oluyemi of a Lagos High Court Ikeja in Suit No: ID/1081/12 wherein he is facing contempt and committal proceedings.
In the suit, it was alleged that he forcefully entered and demolished a property beside Ayobo Police Station covered by a court judgment delivered by Justice Oluyemi on November 18, 2018.
However, the court had issued a warrant against him, but he has continued to evade the service of Form 48 despite repeated calls to his mobile by the Sheriff of the Ikeja High Court.
