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Peter Obi reacts to the demolition of his brother's property in Lagos


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How Peter Obi As Anambra Governor Embarked On Controversial, Illegal Demolition Of Buildings, Detention Of Victim

June 25, 2025
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Mokwe alleged that his arrest and prolonged detention were ordered by Peter Obi.

A former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who on Tuesday criticised what he described as Nigeria’s slide into lawlessness under President Bola Tinubu — following the alleged illegal demolition of a company property belonging to his younger brother in Ikeja, Lagos — has been accused of similar actions during his time as governor of Anambra State.

SaharaReporters recalls that in 2013, Obi personally supervised the demolition of Upper Class Hotel, a three-storey building located at 8 Old Market Road, Onitsha.

The hotel was owned by Mr. Bonaventure Mokwe, who later accused the former governor of taking rash actions and making incendiary comments following public protests against the demolition.

Another Nigerian tweep, identified only as Kambbi, queried the former governor on Wednesday, saying, "Peter Obi, can you remember when you bragged that there'd be ZERO compensation for buildings you demolished when you were governor?"

Mokwe had alleged that he was arrested and tortured by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) on Obi’s orders and was held in custody for three months without being charged to court.

He claimed that the hotel was demolished based on unverified allegations linking him to kidnapping activities, an accusation he strongly denies.

Meanwhile, in 2020, the Anambra State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality, Extra-Judicial Killings, and Other Related Matters iinvited Obi to testify regarding his role during the #EndSARS protests that swept the nation.

Justice Veronica Umeh, chairperson of the panel, announced the invitation, while responding to a petition submitted by Mr. Bonaventure Mokwe.

Mokwe accused the former governor of making rash decisions and incendiary remarks in the aftermath of the protests.

In a five-page petition, Mokwe also demanded a public apology from the state government for branding him a kidnapper and detaining him in the custody of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for 81 days without trial.

During his testimony, Mokwe alleged that his arrest and prolonged detention were ordered by Peter Obi.

He claimed he was held for three months without being charged in court and witnessed numerous gruesome killings by SARS operatives while in custody.

Bonaventure Mokwe, the owner of the demolished Upper Class Hotel in Onitsha, alleged that the former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, orchestrated a vendetta against him that led to the destruction of his hotel.

According to Mokwe, his ordeal began after a guest who had lodged in one of the hotel rooms was arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). During a search, human skulls were reportedly discovered in the room. Mokwe insists the entire incident was staged.

"Someone checked into Room 102 of my hotel. The next morning, SARS operatives arrived and claimed they found human skulls in the room. But they never asked for the identity of the guest or investigated how the skulls got there. They came only to ‘discover’ the planted evidence and proceed with the demolition," he said.

He claimed the action was politically motivated, stemming from a dispute involving the control of motor parks in Onitsha.

"Peter Obi converted Ose Motor Park to Onitsha Park and handed its revenue collection to people from Onitsha. My own park, Mokwe Park, is located nearby. When transporters began to complain about high fees at Ose Park, many of them moved to my park. That didn’t sit well with the Onitsha faction, and just two weeks later, the skulls were allegedly planted in my hotel."

Mokwe further alleged that the demolition, which took place on the same day of the skull discovery, was premeditated.

"My hotel, built in 1973, was brought down without any investigation. I have evidence that payment for the bulldozer used in the demolition was made two days before the incident. How did they know what they would find if it wasn’t staged?"

He also blamed the then SARS commander, James Nwafor, for enabling extrajudicial activities.

"James Nwafor didn’t come from Ebonyi State to start killing people on his own. There were people in power who empowered him — and we are ready to expose them," Mokwe added.

Earlier, SaharaReporters reported that the former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, condemned what he described as Nigeria’s slide into lawlessness under President Bola Tinubu, following the alleged illegal demolition of a company property belonging to his younger brother in Ikeja, Lagos State.

In a statement posted on his official X (formerly Twitter) account on Tuesday, Obi expressed outrage over the incident, which he said reflects a broader pattern of impunity and disregard for the rule of law in the country.

He said that the whole situation screamed of coordinated lawlessness and impunity, warning that such actions threaten the nation’s economic future and social stability.

He lamented Nigeria’s worsening human rights record, citing recent reports that highlight deteriorating civil liberties, personal safety, and institutional protections.

According to the former governor, any society where lawlessness overrides the rule of law is not destined to be a haven for investors.

Obi stated that the government’s failure to uphold civil rights and ensure basic legal protections is sending a dangerous message both to Nigerians and the international community.

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How Peter Obi As Anambra Governor Embarked On Controversial, Illegal Demolition Of Buildings, Detention Of Victim.

What goes around, comes back around, I guess.

Don't do to others, what you wouldn't want done to you.

Another Nigerian tweep, identified only as Kambbi, queried the former governor on Wednesday, saying, "Peter Obi, can you remember when you bragged that there'd be ZERO compensation for buildings you demolished when you were governor?"

This is very commendable, nothing like illegal demolition. If this should happen in anambra state they will never claim illegality?

Obi never provided any evidence that the property belonged to his brother .

The demolition in itself might not have been carried out by Lagos State officials .

The demolition might have been ordered by the courts to an individual challenging the ownership of the land .

The court might have issued a final order to have the current occupier vacate the premises for the real owner.

Obi is even trespassing on the said property and should be sued by the real owner .

This particular hotel where human remains were kept? I will locate the news. Heads not head.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/08/obi-demolishes-onitsha-hotel-where-human-heads-were-found/amp/

Let him go and build it in Agulu, Peter Obi changed the whole of Anambra state to Dubai, why he choose to buy a property in the so called slum is shocking.

The people who destroyed the illegal building did a good job.

They should go ahead and sue LASG .

They won't because it wasn't LASG that carried out the demolition and Obi knows this but being giringory that he is, he won't want to let this demolition go to waste so he is out there making the demolition look like it came from the state government and that it was part of his phantom political persecution.

DomPerignon:
They should go ahead and sue LASG .

They won't because it wasn't LASG that carried out the demolition and Obi knows this but being giringory that he is, he won't want to let this demolition go to waste so he is out there making the demolition look like it came from the state government and that it was part of his phantom political persecution.

The only set of insecure people in this country, who go out in the middle of the night to destroy other peoples properties and investments out of greed, jealousy and barefaced Pettiness, are your uncles!

This does not happen in Abuja or Calabar or Onitsha , because none in these places feels threatened by the presence of mere visitors. Only in the hateful southwest. No other sections of the country does this. It is the height of seige mentality. Pettiness rocketed to neptume levels.

People who can't compete will always throw tantrums.. Sanwo Olu and that his ethnocentric "Commissioner of Igbo properties demolishion" will surely dopass themselves at sone stage..

I like as, like lightening, Peter Obí had already reached there with camera in tow, taking pictures in various poses.

That's the private citizen we should leave alone according to Obidients.

aswani:
I like as, like lightening, Peter Obí had already reached there with camera in tow, taking pictures in various poses.

That's the private citizen we should leave alone according to Obidients.

Obi was trespassing and the real owners of that property should sue him to court and also initiate criminal complaints against him for trespassing on their reposseeed property.

owobokiri:
The only set of insecure people in this country, who go out in the middle of the night to destroy other peoples properties and investments out of greed, jealousy and barefaced Pettiness, are your uncles!

This does not happen in Abuja or Calabar or Onitsha , because none in these places feels threatened by the presence of mere visitors. Only in the hateful southwest. No other sections of the country does this. It is the height of seige mentality. Pettiness rocketed to neptume levels.

People who can't compete will always throw tantrums.. Sanwo Olu and that his ethnocentric "Commissioner of Igbo properties demolishion" will surely dopass themselves at sone stage..

Compete ?

With who?

You are a dreamer.

You think everyone is like your fellow village clansman that is rubbing shoulders with you pr1m1tive people.

Rest.

Let karma remember you with this your statement

Ikaeniyan0:
Let him go and build it in Agulu, Peter Obi changed the whole of Anambra state to Dubai, why he choose to buy a property in the so called slum is shocking.

The people who destroyed the illegal building did a good job.

Good2go1:
Let karma remember you with this your statement

Obi has shown his criminal bent.

Lagos is not Anambra where might is right .

The real owners of the property have activated their sovereignty rights as declared by the courts.

Is it not the same Obi who was castigating NAFDAC for shutting down counterfeit and fake drug merchants in Onitsha ?

Is it not the same Obi who went to Onitsha central Prison to tell inmates there that it was the FG's fault that they were in prison for not providing jobs to them - same excuse his kinsmen use to justify their criminal ventures worldwide ?

The only karma that will swing round is coning straight to Obi and you .

owobokiri:
The only set of insecure people in this country, who go out in the middle of the night to destroy other peoples properties and investments out of greed, jealousy and barefaced Pettiness, are your uncles!

This does not happen in Abuja or Calabar or Onitsha , because none in these places feels threatened by the presence of mere visitors. Only in the hateful southwest. No other sections of the country does this. It is the height of seige mentality. Pettiness rocketed to neptume levels.

People who can't compete will always throw tantrums.. Sanwo Olu and that his ethnocentric "Commissioner of Igbo properties demolishion" will surely dopass themselves at sone stage..

You have ended up saying nothing. Just a lot of words.

Peter Obi's era in Anambra.

Good2go1:
Let karma remember you with this your statement

The way karma remember Obi for destroying Bonaventure hotel in Anambra state abi base on flimsy reasons abi?

You're only wailing because it affects Peter Obi. Let his brother leave the so called slum and go back to Anambra Obi turned to Dubai.

You came all the way from Anambra to Lagos to come and illegally occupy someone's land in GRA, Ikeja of all places thinking its like in your Anambra where you can bully someone and take over their land.

The real owner knew her rights and simply approached the courts to affirm her proprietary rights and have you evicted as a squatter that you are.

This was a no case submission from the looks of it and I am sure the real owner might have presented several court orders on the property seeking obi the squattering land grabber vacate the land to which he ignored.

Having failed to comply, the owner simply went to court to enforce the earlier eviction notice .
Instead of you to shut up you decided to play the usual victim card and twist the narrative for more pity credits by claiming the illegal building your erected on stolen land was demolished by LASG as part of a phantom ongoing political witch hunt.

Obi should know that Lagos no be Anambra .

These Yorubas have shown how petty and shameless they are. Tinubu's govt has introduced a whole lots of dirty and despecable acts in governance. His tenure will come and go but I hope they can eat what will be cooked for them.
Imagine picking out a house to demolish in the middle of a street.May be Sanwolu by doing this will be 'loved' and brought back to the fold!!!
The bible states 'I will turn the craftiness of the wicked into foolishness'!

DomPerignon:
You came all the way from Anambra to Lagos to come and illegally occupy someone's land in GRA, Ikeja of all places thinking its like in your Anambra where you can bully someone and take over their land.

The real owner knew her rights and simply approached the courts to affirm her proprietary rights and have you evicted as a squatter that you are.

This was a no case submission from the looks of it and I am sure the real owner might have presented several court orders on the property seeking obi the squattering land grabber vacate the land to which he ignored.

Having failed to comply, the owner simply went to court to enforce the earlier eviction notice .
Instead of you to shut up you decided to play the usual victim card and twist the narrative for more pity credits by claiming the illegal building your erected on stolen land was demolished by LASG as part of a phantom ongoing political witch hunt.

Obi should know that Lagos no be Anambra .

I can well believe this version of events, time and time again, oga will not show up to court and proceedings will have to be postponed.

In the end the judge was fed up and signed the Order of demolition. Hopefully there is another order for contempt of court which will see him spend time in jail for wasting court's time.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Peter Obi the land grabber. He tried to steal the land of an aboriginal lagosian.