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seunmsg:
No. The court judgement was very clear, the property will be handed over to the estate of Gen. Useni based on probate from the British probate registry.

you know say some of us nor dey gree read, once the page long then we end up making tombo bar assumptions.

brain54:
Wetin concern this talk now with pot of jollof...?


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no mind them

SenatorCharles1:
I don't agree. Since matter has now gone to tribunal and details exposed, they can't have that any more

Read it again, it says who has the right PROBATE E be like say nah this oyibo throw you off
SO any o ne who can identify themselves as a child or relative or named in a will if there is one to the General claims the property.
Do not take my word for it do well research the meaning of Probate and a Probate lawyer.

Pacesetter123:
You people (Nigerians) over there are not also well vested in the case just as we here at home.
If you people are, firstly,can you explain to us here what the "owner" ,Useni did when the ownership of the property was transferred to Ozekhome in 2019 cos he was much still alive by then?
Secondly,from that 2019 to January 2025 when the purported owner,Useni died,who used to collect the rent?
Thirdly,who is this second claimant since the court has said Shani never existed as a human before?
Is the 2nd claimant that challenged the transfer of ownership to Ozekhome related to the late General,or is he even a Nigerian?
The said video evidence they said Jeremiah spoke and handed over the property to him,has the tribunal or you people,the Nigerians there that are said to be familiar with the case verified the video and confirmed it wasn't authentic or that it was doctored?
And lastly,why didn't the late General challenge the transfer of ownership done 4 years before his demise?

These and many more questions beg for your answers before we can think otherwise of the lawyer, Ozekhome on this matter.
We are not kids to just swallow this ambiguous and controversial report by the OP hooks,lines and sinkers.

Now please read the whole court evidence and how it unfolded as an Innocent transfer of property By a Greedy Old man against a dead man how they forged documents and God punished them. Plz pay attention to the ruling in the bolded sections in the end


A UK property tribunal has handed down judgment dismissing competing claims over a London house in a case bordering on alleged fraud, forgery and false identities.

The suit was filed by “Ms Tali Shani” against Mike Ozekhome, a senior advocate of Nigeria.

The first-tier tribunal (Property Chamber), presided over by Ewan Paton, ruled that neither the applicant, “Ms Tali Shani”, nor the respondent, Ozekhome, could prove ownership of 79 Randall Avenue, London NW2.

Instead, the court concluded that the real owner was Jeremiah Useni, a retired lieutenant-general who served as minister of the federal capital territory (FCT) and governor of the now defunct Bendel state in the 1980s and 1990s.

Useni, who died in France early this year, was a very influential member of the Sani Abacha government and was even in contention to be head of state following Abacha’s death in June 1998.

IN THE BEGINNING…

The case began with what appeared to be a routine application at the Land Registry in London in February 2023.

Ozekhome sought to register a transfer of the property executed in his favour in August 2021 by “Mr Tali Shani”.

That transfer stated that it was “not for money or anything that has a monetary value”. He had claimed that the transfer of the property by Shani was a “gift”, and “out of gratitude”, for the “many legal services” he had rendered to him in the past.

But when solicitors representing “Ms Tali Shani” lodged an objection, insisting she was the rightful registered proprietor and “outraged” at the purported transfer, the matter escalated.

Effectively, both “Mr” Tali Shani and “Ms” Tali Shani — one male, the other female — were claiming ownership of the same property.

What followed, the tribunal said, was “a quite extraordinary” series of hearings filled with mutual accusations of forgery, conspiracy, corruption, and impersonation.

FAKE IDENTITIES AND WEB OF LIES

Central to the case was the identity of “Ms Tali Shani” who never appeared before the tribunal, despite multiple adjournments.

In 2024, her lawyers said she was hospitalised and later produced documents claiming she had died in Nigeria.

The tribunal examined those documents closely: medical reports, a Nigerian national identity slip, a mobile phone bill, a death certificate, and even an obituary notice.

Anakwe Marcel Obasi had testified as a witness claiming to be a cousin of the applicant.

He claimed that “late cousin (Ms Tali Shani) and the late General Jeremiah Useni had a very long affair; an affair that I believe lasted a decade” and “remained cordial and friendly” afterwards.

Obasi claimed that his cousin (Ms Tali Shani) had told him that she once wanted to move to the UK but changed her mind, but then “gave money to the late General Useni to assist her in the purchase of a property in London where she was going to reside” in the “early 1990s”.

The witness admitted that he had not produced a single photograph of himself with his supposed cousin, Useni, the respondent, or even his purported nephew, Damola.

‘PHOTOGRAPHER KILLED BY BANDITS’

When pressed on this, he explained that he was “not a photogenic person” and that he “never found it necessary” to take such pictures.

Regarding the alleged funeral rites and burial of his cousin (Ms Tali Shani), he said that there had been an official photographer present, but added a dramatic claim that the photographer was “killed by a bandit two days after the funeral”.

Ayodele Damola, who claimed to be the biological son of Ms Tali Shani, said his mother purchased the property in 1993. He also claimed that his mother was in a relationship with Useni in that period, and that “my mother, through General Useni agreed to rent out the property rather than leaving the same fallow.”

Damola also alleged that the transfer of the property to Ozekhome was an attempt by Useni to repay “54 million Naira” which he had borrowed from the senior lawyer for an election campaign.

He told the tribunal that the general had first asked his mother to transfer the property to the respondent, but when she refused, they then persuaded a “poor innocent man” (presumably Mr. Tali Shani) to apply for a passport and pose as the owner.

A SERIES OF CONTRADICTIONS AND DISCREPANCIES

While Obasi had claimed Ms Tali Shani was terminally ill, resided in Lagos and barely had any mobility, Damola in an affidavit, said his mother died in a road accident along Jos-Abuja road.

The purported death certificate stated that she died in a “hospital,” while an affidavit sworn in Abuja on 7 October 2024 by her supposed son claimed that she had died “on 3rd October 2023 by accident along Jos Plateau State and Abuja way.”

Another contradiction was that on the obituary, a “thanksgiving service” was listed for Sunday, November 30, 2024, but that date did not match the calendar.

November 30, 2024 was actually a Saturday, with the Sunday falling on December 1. This mismatch was one of the factors that led the tribunal to dismiss the obituary as a forgery.

There were also discrepancies in Ms Tali Shani’s date of death presented by the witnesses.

FAKE NIN, FAKE ADDRESS

Festus Esangbedo, head of legal, regulatory and compliance services at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), testified that he investigated the National Identification Number (NIN) slip presented by “Tali Shani” was “fake, fraudulent and not authorised by the commission.”

His inquiry revealed that although a NIN had been issued on June 23, 2024, “the picture attached to the NIN has some distinct irregularities and does not comply with ICAO standards.” As a result, the NIN was suspended.

Further investigation, he said, confirmed it was obtained “by irregular means,” leading to its complete removal from the system.

Among the irregularities he highlighted were that the registration was done remotely in Monaco rather than in person, no fingerprints were captured because “the unknown agents who created this NIN had fraudulently made use of the ‘amputee’ provisions of the NIMC,” and the photograph used was non-compliant with international standards.

Another witness, Ibrahim Sini, a superintendent with the Force Intelligence Department, Nigeria police force, traced the mobile bill, supposedly in the name of Ms Tali Shani, back to its real source.

Enquiries with the telecommunications company revealed that the account was actually registered to Mohammed Edewor, the Lagos solicitor connected with the applicant’s legal team.

State intelligence operatives in Jos were then dispatched to verify the address. They “went there physically,” Sini testified, and confirmed that “this address simply did not exist”.

FAKE SON, FAKE COUSIN

The judge concluded that all the evidence to prove Ms Tali Shani’s identity were fraudulent.

“I do not accept that ‘she’ was ever a real living person. I do not accept that ‘she’ therefore died, whether in hospital or in a mysterious car accident on the road to Abuja. I certainly do not accept that ‘she’ purchased this property in London in 1993 in her ‘hey days’. Nor do I accept that Mr. Ayodele Damola is ‘her’ son, or that Mr. Anukwe Obasi is ‘her’ cousin,” the tribunal held.

He added that the evidence showed “forgery and deception” and struck out the case as an abuse of process.

“The case has been pursued by others in the name of a person who never existed,” the judgment declared.

OZEKHOME’S CASE COLLAPSES

Ozekhome, who represented himself in the latter stages of the proceedings, argued that the property was transferred to him in 2021 by “Mr Tali Shani”, who he claimed was the true registered owner — although Useni registered it in the name of “Ms” Tali Shani.

He admitted that he had never known “Mr. Tali Shani” before January 2019, and that he had no personal knowledge of the original 1993 purchase of the London property or of its management in the years that followed.

Instead, he relied on his relationship with the Useni, whom he had known for over two decades as both a client and a friend.

According to Ozekhome, his acquaintance with “Mr Shani” developed after their introduction in 2019.

He described Shani as a man from a wealthy family, involved in farming cattle, groundnuts, and mangoes, and as a “big property guy” engaged in commercial dealings. Ozekhome stated that he undertook a number of legal matters for him, winning several cases.

These services, he said, ranged from advisory work to court appearances.

Although pressed, he declined to produce documentary proof of this work, citing the shield of client confidentiality and privilege.

The central plank of Ozekhome’s evidence related to the transfer of the London property to him in 2021.

He insisted that the transfer was a gift from “Mr Shani,” given in gratitude for the extensive legal services he had rendered in the two years since their introduction.

Ozekhome testified that Shani felt “beholden” to him, even describing him as a father figure. He denied ever paying the £500,000 mentioned in Shani’s statement or any other sum in cash.

Instead, he argued that the property was transferred to him as recognition that the value of his legal services exceeded that amount

But the tribunal found this story equally false.

“Mr. Tali Shani… did not purchase this property himself in 1993, and so had no title of his own to pass to the respondent,” the judge ruled.

The court said the narrative advanced by Ozekhome and supported by his son amounted to “a contrived story… invented in an attempt to provide a plausible reason” for the transfer.

THE REAL SHANI IS…

[b]The tribunal accepted that a man named Mr Tali Shani exists and holds a genuine Nigerian passport, but found his claim of buying a London property in 1993 at age 20 to be “implausible and unproven”.

Shani, who testified as Ozekhome’s witness, had claimed in his evidence that he bought it with his own money as an investment and appointed Useni to manage it from the start.

However, the tribunal held that his account lacked detail, supporting documents, and credibility, and that his explanations —claiming wealth from cattle and mango sales — were unconvincing.

His stated purchase price conflicted with documentary evidence showing the property was first bought in 1993 by one Philips Bincan for £110,000. Shani later altered his story but could not reconcile the discrepancies.

His testimony clashed with Useni’s own statement that they only met years later, with Shani approaching him in 2010 to manage the property.

[b]The tribunal, therefore, concluded that Shani had nothing to do with the 1993 purchase.

USENI USED FALSE NAME TO BUY THE PROPERTY

Useni was eventually called to testify as a witness.

The retired general, who died in January 2025, gave video testimony in June 2024, confirming that he — not anyone called Tali Shani — bought the property in 1993.

“I owned it… I bought the property… before I gave it to someone to run… I paid the deposit… then bit by bit…. I bought it… it is my property,” he told the court.

The tribunal noted that Useni’s evidence was consistent with documents showing the 1993 purchaser as “Philips Bincan”, another alias.

The tribunal concluded that the London property was purchased by Useni, who was also a minister of transport under President Ibrahim Babangida, and not the man claiming to be “Mr Tali Shani”.

Although, the property was registered under the name “Tali Shani”, the tribunal held that evidence from a Jersey court case showed that Useni had a practice of using false or “coded” names, such as “Tim Shani,” for bank accounts and companies.

The court held that the similarity of names and timing strongly supported the finding that Useni deliberately used the false name “Tali Shani” to register the property.

The tribunal ruled that since “Mr Tali Shani” had no legal title to transfer the London property to Ozekhome, the chief land registrar must cancel Ozekhome’s application to be registered as proprietor.

The evidence showed Useni who was the real owner of the property had directed the transfer to Ozekhome.

The tribunal rejected “shifting claims” by Ozekhome and Shani about consideration for the transfer — ranging from cash payments, to legal services worth over £500,000, to gifts of property, to a gesture of gratitude — finding them contradictory, implausible, and fabricated.

The court concluded that Shani was merely a conduit used by Useni, who had registered the property in the false name “Tali Shani” in 1993, and therefore Shani could not pass ownership to Ozekhome.

“As to precisely why General Useni chose to direct this transfer to the respondent, I do not need to (and indeed cannot) make detailed findings. I consider that it is highly possible that it was in satisfaction of some debt or favour owed,” the judge held

“The final outcome of this case, therefore, is that both parties have failed. Neither ‘Tali Shani’ was who they said they were… The real owner, via a false name, was General Jeremiah Useni.”

Finally, the court held that since Useni is deceased, ownership now rests with whoever obtains probate of his English assets.[/b][/b]

The decision will be published, leaving it to the relevant authorities to decide what further action to take.

Pacesetter123:
You people (Nigerians) over there are not also well vested in the case just as we here at home.
If you people are, firstly,can you explain to us here what the "owner" ,Useni did when the ownership of the property was transferred to Ozekhome in 2019 cos he was much still alive by then?
Secondly,from that 2019 to January 2025 when the purported owner,Useni died,who used to collect the rent?
Thirdly,who is this second claimant since the court has said Shani never existed as a human before?
Is the 2nd claimant that challenged the transfer of ownership to Ozekhome related to the late General,or is he even a Nigerian?
The said video evidence they said Jeremiah spoke and handed over the property to him,has the tribunal or you people,the Nigerians there that are said to be familiar with the case verified the video and confirmed it wasn't authentic or that it was doctored?
And lastly,why didn't the late General challenge the transfer of ownership done 4 years before his demise?

These and many more questions beg for your answers before we can think otherwise of the lawyer, Ozekhome on this matter.
We are not kids to just swallow this ambiguous and controversial report by the OP hooks,lines and sinkers.

Ok You still did not take time to read the outcome of the case even though this is now in the public domain,


If you people are, firstly,can you explain to us here what the "owner" ,Useni did when the ownership of the property was transferred to Ozekhome in 2019 cos he was much still alive by then?
Where did you get this information from? this issue only raised i n 2023 when someone tried to transfer the l and ownership to themselves and some protested.
It is established by the court with evidence within its reach that there is account to which rent was paid into which belongs to Useni, he used he alias to buy the property so that name T shani. just hold on I will post the full extract so you see the degree the UK government went spending tax payer money to clean this shyte up

Pacesetter123:
But according to the case report,the struggle in court for the transfer of ownership predates General Useni's death.So there are more to this case than we know.
The case started even when he was alive.

Yes cos he was a sick man in France waiting to die, he was in an hospice.
How can a person in that condition come to court the date was 2023 so two years ago

hopexter:
That’s a white man’s statue and not of Jesus.

They don't know, for what its worth Jesus is Black.

aribisala0:
Just a question
Do decorations elevate a man or does a man elevate decorations?

Oga this is culture, you cant use this narrative to describe culture and its preservation.

SenatorCharles1:
I don't agree. Since matter has now gone to tribunal and details exposed, they can't have that any more

You need to read the full context and come back. There are bank documents stating payment of rents. I live in North London not too far off this place, it is a well documented case amongst us Nigerians. There was never a dispute until this thief tried to transfer the property to himself.
Lesson for all, always involve family members or write will.

SenatorCharles1:
You don't understand, even General Useni does not own the property.

He does, it was established via investigation. So the property goes to the Usenis.Nah greed bring this one out.The rent has always gone to Useni, but this lawyer thought he was smart cos the general is dead

Racoon:
How on earth will Mike Ozhohime wants to do this shit? Is Jerry Useni owing him and refused to pay? Lawyers will thinks they are smart but just exposing their criminality.

He had stopped being a lawyer from this day

Lexusgs430:
I dey o, my Oga at the Top.....👌

Nah U be Oga, after you nah you ohhhhh

Lexusgs430:
Never say never...... 😂

ahahah guy how far long time

Islie:
https://punchng.com/dangote-petrol-n65-cheaper-in-togo-importers/?amp

mayB thier gov do not charge tax as ours do in Nigeria and Nupeng do not collect money from tankers as they do here plus the petro stations are not as greedy like the ones we have here so who do you blame ?

free2ryhme:
She is not doing any charity feeding programme , this is a Guinness World Record challenge, not a soup kitchen.

If it’s truly charity, name the charity organization responsible and show us their involvement. When did charity work start including Guinness World Record campaigns as a priority?

Education is not a scam you clearly have a lot of learning to do before mixing up PR stunts with actual charity work.

you must be very unserious, so if you do charity work it must have to be done to a charity organization? if you as a person decide to go buy 100 pampers and hand them to new mums at your local hospital you will have to attach it to a charity organization right? Sometimes I wonder the kind of persons we share Nigeria to, its mindset like urs that make people not to give.
Just imagine how you embarrass yourself in the public.
PS Plz go and educate yourself on the true meaning of charity and what it means to do charity to curb further embarrassment.
If you want to do a stunt, why don't you buy half a bag to feed your street then come back and talk. So those that came to eat rice were paid right? or don't you know there is genuine hunger in the land? abi E nor reach where you dey stay?

Lexusgs430:
Only 3 options left.......

- Remain illegal
- Return to Nigeria
- Enter UK by dingy

...... 😂😉

enter Uk by Dingy from Canada ? lol

Nazgul:
Doesn't the Navy have a base in that territory that the government can easily order to get the job done?

Don't tell me you're justifying paying billions of naira to a local malitia for a job the Navy can easily do without the government having to spend such money?

One mans freedom fighter is another mans militia. Well established fact.TO the youth in that area they now have a job to do and get paid. The navy are not happy as security votes which by the way is triple to what these guys are paid have stopped, Guess who are at the top of these navy votes? you think they are the Niger Deltans? who are the tribe most dominant in the JTF?.

APCNig:
The person you quoted is a kindergarten. Shey na Ijebu man will go to Okrika or Ogoni to burst pipeline abi na Fulani man will go to Kalabari or Ikwerre to burst pipeline? No be Niger Deltans dey burst pipelines for creeks?

you think bursting the pipeline was the issue? it is distraction, those that finance the bursting are the real evil and trust me they are not the Nigerdeltans.

Nazgul:
Please can someone tell me what the job of the Nigerian Navy is if we have to spend billions we don't have on privately owned security firms to secure our waterways.

They are group of persons who have no vested interest on the security of the oil lines in the nigerdelta.so the FG gave the locals the job to secure their own land, the result speaks for themselves.

free2ryhme:
People can question whether an event truly benefits the country or just serves as social media hype.

Pointing out misplaced priorities doesn’t mean vexation, it means asking for more meaningful efforts that address real problems. Not every criticism comes from anger , sometimes it comes from wanting better.

I hope you realize she is doing it for charity no one is paying her.

EnkayDezign:
Baba there’s hunger in the land. She’s no longer ‘insignificant’ o

The guy nor know how many 5K she save people that day.

free2ryhme:
Collecting rice isn’t the point here , it’s about questioning if cooking for a record really solves any national problem.

Criticism doesn’t equal hate; it’s simply asking if we should celebrate things that don’t improve lives in the long run. We need to focus on real solutions, not just temporary hype and photo ops.

well in life we all have what we bring to the table, there are people who are paid to do all that things you mentioned but I am afraid you are backing on the wrong tree here as this lady is not one of them lot. She was bringing happiness and hope plus improve stomach infrastructure for one day and she delivered with no one asking, so your point is??

free2ryhme:
All these stupid, nonsense records.

Indians have been cooking way larger quantities of rice in aluminum pits for years and they never made it a record. These ones will just see something and abuse it at every opportunity they get.

Very nonsense mentality.

I don't blame them though, I blame a country of jobless folks that will keep sucking up to them out of laziness and joblessness. There are people actually affecting lives positively but no, it's some useless acts and people we'll rather promote and give popularity.

My friend go wash your plate come queue collect rice stop hating

ahahah what a woker, lol well done staff, Una try make she improve am

DixseenMktPlace:
Wow, well your mobile device is a machine and an iPhone that will compete against your phone is still in the making.

Cheers 🥂

Unless they do a foldable dual iPhone lol, that will not be the 1st time apple are copying Samsung, like in the case of the big screens

RodgersAkpafu:
Thats the mistake you ppl make
Women cannot be "degraded"

And as for Arab women, even them dey collect pipe, just like other women

If you know, u know

Them collect well well, if only people know wetin dey happen for knight bridge!

Chetas81:
BUILD YOUR COUNTRY, IS NOT A SIN

this talk is outdated, its 2025, get some sense, we have Americans and Europeans in our country no one says these things you just said to them, I repeat try and be the 1st person to get sense in your village thank you!

Akalia:
Oga what's your point, have you being to Qatar before or you are just capping?
I speak from a place of personal experience, Qatar to me is not among the top sort after travel destinations for the vast majority of career/business travelers.

No mind that guy, na so them dey call philipino oyibo, some people dey fall our hand as Nigerians.

ComeToJesus:
Truth is, our people desecrate every and anywhere that there is order thereby causing hosts to slam the doors on legit Nigerians.

Our people are loud, insensitive, brash and overly presumptuous without considering cultural and social sensitivities.

You guys cannot see the hand writing on the wall, the truth is they make less money i n Visa issuance, compare to the west, so they are looking for ways to increase this cash flow, If the almighty USA cannot say this how much them lot who do not matter.