₦airaland Forum

The attention of the Executive Chairman of Oshodi-Isolo Local Government, Otunba Kehinde Adeola Al-Maroof-Oloyede (Kendoo), has been drawn to a video circulating on social media in which individuals who are members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) loyal to Alhaji Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya (MC Oluomo) made inflammatory statements aimed at pitting him against the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa.

We state categorically that there is no rift whatsoever between Otunba Al-Maroof-Oloyede and Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. The Executive Chairman holds the Speaker in the highest esteem and has profound respect for both his person and the exalted office he occupies. The contents of the video are false, mischievous, and a deliberate attempt to manufacture discord where none exists.

The Oshodi-Isolo Local Government, under the leadership of Otunba Al-Maroof-Oloyede, remains fully committed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and to the success of the party's activities in every Local Government across Lagos State. The administration stands ready to support any member contesting under the APC umbrella, including the Speaker's aspiration to the Federal House of Representatives in Agege, anyone contesting for the State House of Assembly in Agege, as well as every other APC aspirant and candidate in Lagos State. The people of Agege are our people, as are the people of every community across the State.

We condemn, in the strongest terms, any attempt to incite violence under the guise of political loyalty. Lagos State thrives on peace, order, and mutual respect, and no individual or group has the right to threaten it for personal or sectional interests. Political differences, where they exist, must be resolved through dialogue and the party's internal mechanisms, never through threats or the mobilisation of thugs.

To those behind the video, whether loyal to Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (MC Oluomo) or otherwise, if they have grown tired of the APC, they are free to leave the party. What they must not do is remain in the party while working to incite violence and undermine its unity and its leaders.

We urge security agencies to take note of the video, identify those behind it, and take appropriate action to preserve public peace. We also call on party faithful, transport workers, and residents of Oshodi-Isolo to remain calm, disregard this divisive propaganda, and continue to uphold peace, unity, and lawful conduct.

For the avoidance of doubt, there is no disagreement between Kendoo and Speaker Obasa. Their relationship is founded on mutual respect, and no misleading video should be allowed to suggest otherwise.

Oshodi-Isolo Local Government remains focused on delivering good governance, promoting peace and unity, and supporting the progress of the APC in Lagos State.

Media Office of the Executive Chairman,
Oshodi-Isolo Local Government

Continental Pharmaceuticals Nigeria Limited hereby issues a rejoinder to refute allegations made in an FIJ online publication titled “Lagos CP Jimoh Illegally Detains Lawyers Who Got Multibillion-Naira Property Eviction Judgement Against Albert Awofisayo’s Company.”
This rejoinder seeks to clarify events surrounding the disputed property located at 381 Agege Motor Road, Lagos, and addresses six key issues:


1. Arrest of Lawyers and Alleged Buyer
• Background: Following a Court judgement delivered on 20th December 2024, granting possession of the property known as 381, Agege Motor Road, Lagos (“the property”), to the Claimants, the Claimants’ lawyers (Messrs. Adekunle Lawal & Oyewole Rahmon) and the purported buyer of the property(Alhaji Kazeem Olajide Alabi) were arrested after being caught red-handed, vandalizing and stealing the company’s assets, including heavy duty generating plants, industrial machines, air conditioners, water production machines, and other valuables belonging to the company worth over N1 Billion, by officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force.

• Date of Incident: The incident occurred on 30th May 2025.

• Clarification: The arrest was for criminal acts of malicious damage/vandalism, theft, and unlawful conversion and carting away of the company properties on 30th May 2025, and not for any purported successful victory obtained at the Chief Magistrates Court, Yaba, Lagos State, as alleged or at all, and the enclosed photographs and Police Extract from Crime Diary, dated 30th May 2025, support this.

Indeed, that the said Adekunle Lawal, Esq got favourable judgement to take possession of “bare land” on behalf of the Claimants does not translate to a right to loot and cart away the Defendant’s properties thereon.
2. Continued Police Occupation of Property
• Justification: A report of conspiracy, malicious damage and stealing was consequently lodged with the Police. Arrests were made and as part of Police investigation, the subject property was cordoned off as a crime scene.

• Tampering Incident: On 17th June 2025, 8 trucks loaded with stolen company assets belonging to our company, were mysteriously removed unlawfully by the suspects' associates.

• Ongoing Police Presence: Necessary to prevent further tampering or asset dissipation while investigations and potential prosecution proceed.

3. Rent Payment History
• False Claim: The allegation that the company owed rent from 2019–2023 is untrue.

• Evidence: Rent was paid via bank drafts to the Deputy Chief Registrar of the High Court from 2019 through 2026, after Claimants’ lawyer refused direct payments on behalf of the land owners.


4. Fair Hearing and Court Procedure
• Allegation: The company did not defend the eviction suit.

• Rebuttal: The company was not notified of the hearing; its right to fair hearing was violated.

• Legal Action: Judgement and ruling denying motion to set aside are being appealed.


5. Right of First Refusal
• Claim: The company refused an offer to buy the property for ₦2.7 billion.

• Rebuttal: No such offer was ever made. Claimants only own the bare land, not improvements. There exists a “right to renew” in the lease, which the Claimants have severally threatened to disregard.


6. Appeal of Court Ruling
• Update: The 23rd July 2025 ruling denying the motion to set aside the 20th December 2024, judgement is under appeal, and thus, sub judice.

Conclusion
• The arrest of the lawyers and buyer was lawful and based on credible complaints of vandalism, theft, and criminal conversion.

• The Police, particularly CP Olohundare Moshood Jimoh, acted within the law. The publication accusing him of abuse of power is false and defamatory.

• The suspects admitted wrongdoing during interrogation and later resorted to blackmail and misleading media narratives, when their plea for a soft-landing was denied.

• The allegation sponsored by the lawyers (Adekunle Lawal Esq, Oyewole Rahmon Esq. and their Clients) to the effect that the Commissioner of Police, by his lawful action prompted by the company’s complaint, “is preventing the Judgement Creditor from enjoying the fruits of the judgement”, is self-servingly false and falls flat on its face, as evidenced by the documentary exhibits enclosed in this rejoinder.