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How 2 Kwara Assembly Members removed Tenant’s tooth with beating for being “Illegal Occupant”
BY BRIDGET EDOKWE · PUBLISHED JULY 27, 2019 · UPDATED JULY 27, 2019





Two members of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Mr Ganiyu Abolarin and Mr Owolabi Razak have been accused of acts amounting to Criminal Conspiracy, Criminal Trespass, Criminal force and Assault, False Imprisonment, Threat to life, and abuse of office by Mr Ogundokun Saheed, a tenant to Honourable Ganiyu Abolarin.



An eye witness who spoke to BarristerNG on condition of anonymity said the two members representing Isapa/Ekiti and Share/Okeodo constituencies respectively attacked Mr Ogundokun at night at his rented apartment, Sir Abbey road, Awolowo Street, Tanke, Ilorin, Kwara State on the 17th July, 2019.

Mr Ogundokun’s nightmare started at about 10pm when someone knocked at the gate of the house and he came out to see who it was. The stranger introduced himself to Mr Ogundokun as a Police officer from A’ Division, Ilorin and informed him that his attention is needed at their station in connection with a complaint lodged against him. Because it was already late, the said officer agreed with Ogundokun to be present at the station by 10am, the next day.

An hour later, there was another knock at the gate, but Mr Ogundokun refused to open the gate for security reasons. However the Men forced their way into the compound, broke the window and removed the burglary. Fortunately, Mr Ogundokun identified Ganiyu Abolarin, his landlord in the middle of the charade.

Our source stated that altercation ensued thereafter between the two of them over the former’s failure to pay rent. While this was going on, Owolabi Razaq, who was there with his colleague, came from the back and grievously assaulted Mr Ogundogun. Ganiyu also joined Owolabi in assaulting the tenant. They were accompanied with their political thugs who also joined in this act. They were about 8 all together with two police Men suspected to be their police orderly.



Mr Ogundokun’s 3 friends who live in his apartment with him were not spared. They were also assaulted and seriously beaten too by these men led by both Hon Ganiyu and Owolabi.



After the assault, they threw Mr Ogundokun out from the window and took him and his friends to F’ Division where they were arrested and detained on allegation that they were illegal occupants.



Mr Ogundokun, as a result of the grievous assault, lost consciousness, sustained serious injury and one of his teeth removed. He was rushed to Anchor Hospital, Tanke Ilorin by Police Men.



He regained consciousness and was later brought back to detention in the midnight by the police Men of F’ Division. They were later released the following day.

BarristerNG gathered that following the grievous injury sustained by Mr Ogundokun as a result of the assault against him, Mr Ogundokun collapsed again and was rushed to another hospital by his friends and he was admitted for further medical treatment. Mr Ogundokun, as at the time of this report is said to be going through excruciating pain.



BarristerNG reliably gathered that Mr Ogundokun’s Lawyer, YY Ajibade has petitioned the Speaker, Hon Umar Danladi of Kwara State House of Assembly to investigate the case and bring these two members to book.



Below is a copy of the petition sent to the speaker, kwara State House of Assembly and made available to BarristerNG.





21/7/19



The Honourable Speaker,

Kwara State House of Assembly,

Ilorin, Kwara State.

Dear Sir,

PETITION AGAINST HONOURABLE GANIYU ABOLARIN AND OWOLABI RAZAK MEMBERS REPRESENTING ISAPA/EKITI AND SHARE/OKEODO CONSITUENCES RESPECTIVELY FOR CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, CRIMINAL TRESPASS, CRIMINAL FORCE AND ASSAULT, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, THREAT TO LIFE AND ABUSE OF OFFICE AGAINST OGUNDOKUN SAHEED, KAREEM QUADRI, RAZAK OSENI AND AJAYI MICHEAL

We are the solicitors to Mr Ogundokun Saheed of Sir Abbey Street, Awolowo Area, Tanke, Ilorin subsequently refers to as our client and on whose behalf and instruction we present this petition against Honourable Ganiyu Abolarin and Owolabi Razak members representing Isapa/Ekiti and Share/Okeodo constituencies respectively for acts amounting to Criminal Conspiracy, Criminal Trespass, Criminal force and Assault, False Imprisonment, Threat to life, and abuse of office against our client.
Our client was attacked and brutalized by the aforementioned members of the Kwara State House of Assembly. These members are under your leadership, it informs the reason of presenting this petition to you first.
Our client informed us and verily believed him to be true that he is a lawful tenant of a two bedroom flat situate at Sir Abbey Street, Awolowo Area, Tanke, Ilorin, Property of Honourable Ganiyu Abolarin subsequently refers to as Landlord.
Our client informed us that on 17th day of July 2019 he received news that his wife paternal grandmother died at the early hour of the day and decided to travel down to Ilorin together with his colleagues at work for funeral ceremony same day. He had already schedule that by 7 am of the next day they would be travelling back to Lagos.
Our client informed us that at about 10 pm on the night of 17th July 2019, he was together with his colleagues in his apartment at Sir Abbey Street, Awolowo area of Tanke when a neighbour came knocking that someone is at the gate looking for him. But since he was not expecting anybody he asked his other colleagues whether they were expecting any visitor they all answered in negative, then they all went out together for security reason to see who was at the gate.
Our client informed us further that the man at the gate said he is a policeman sent by landlord that his attention is needed at A Division Police Station Ilorin. The police man was asked of his Identity card but could not produce any but for benefit of doubt our client told him it was already late at night. They exchange contacts and both agreed to 10 am the next day and the man left.
Our client further informed us that after about an hour when the man at the gate had left they heard a loud bang on our gate and that they decided to ignore as it was already past 11 at night. Within a twinkle of eyes we heard their voices inside the compound shouting open your gate. The way the house was structured is that every apartment has burglary proof both in front and at the back.
Our client informed us, further that to his dismay, suddenly, he saw flash of torch light on his face in his bedroom, to his consternation they have already pull down a window together with the burglary and scaled through the house via the window. The next moment they started bashing him with his other colleagues. In the face of overwhelming and disabling terror he said they lost spirit to fight back because everything happened with the speed of light and they were about nine to ten men.
Our client further informed us that the first person that started bashing him was later identified to be Honourable Razaq Owolabi. After they had received serious bashing inside the apartment, he was thrown out of the house through the broken window like common criminal or animal by the so called Honourable Razaq Owolabi and in the process he sustained severs bodily injury.
Our client informed us that while on ground outside the house, he identified landlord vividly and said to him that so you are the masquerade behind the mask. Our client said despite the fact that he sustained obvious bodily injury and evidence of manifest excruciating pain written all over him the landlord was not perturb rather he ordered the two uniform police men to arrest us.
Our client further informed us that they were taken to F. Division police Station Tanke, wherein the landlord levied against them offence of illegal Occupant and craved for them to be locked up. He called our client many unprintable names and at the same time threatened fire and brainstorm. He said he was ready to deal with him to his last kobo and that he would demonstrate to him how influential he is.
Our client informed us that he did not know when he was taking to hospital. He later found out later that he was rushed to the hospital in the midnight when he lost consciousness. By the time he woke at the Hospital he saw two police men who led him back to the cell where they locked his other colleagues.
Our client further informed us that at about 5:15 pm of 18th July 2019 the Landlord and his friends Honourable Razaq Owolabi came back to police Station since midnight they locked them up. Y.Y. Ajibade Esq. of Exact Legal Associates was there at the Station around that time. We had a meeting with them in D.P.O’s office. At the meeting it was established that the matter is that of Tenant, Landlord and Agent. D.P.O adjourned the meeting to the next day which was 19th July 2019 and demands the presence of the agent of the house to shed more light to the case.
At the meeting the next day which was 19th July 2019. The landlord did not deny agent as the man in charge of his property since 2014 to 2018 and it was equally not in dispute that agent was the one who gave that apartment out to our client. The issues in dispute are payment of rent of 2019 which was due since November 2018 and refund of money used by our client to process the prepaid meters.
Having listened to the whole story D.P.O in his wisdom said to the landlord that as a public figure that he should not have taken laws into his hands. Burgling our client apartment in the middle of the night and bashing him together with his colleagues were actions not befitting of his political status. D.P.O gave him hint that he should apologize to our client but Honourable Ganiyu Abolarin and Honourable Razaq Owolabi were dismissive.
This action should not be allowed to slide or swept under carpet. They must be investigated for this inhuman behavior. Behavior not worthy of persons of their caliber, it is barbaric for a whole house of Assembly members to think the way to eject a lawful tenant is by bashing them in the middle of the night with the help of hoodlums. It should be said in clear terms that breaking a burglary and scaling through the window to gain access to an apartment late in the night to eject lawful tenant is distasteful and animalistic.
We urge you sir, to use your good office to investigate this matter thoroughly as we are contemplating legal action against them and we therefore, demand public apology and a huge compensation for Trespass, Assault, Battery and False imprisonment.
We are hopeful a prompt action would be taken. Thank you sir.

Y. AJIBADE ESQ.


Petitioner’s Counsel

Principal Partners.



Cc: Executive Governor of Kwara State.

Governor’s office,

Government House,

Amadu Bello Way,

G.R.A,Ilorin

Kwara State.

Secretary to State Government.

Governor’s Office,

Amadu Bello Way,

G.R.A, Ilorin,

Kwara State.



The Chairman,

House Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Judiciary

Kwara State House Of Assembly.

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How 2 Kwara Assembly Members removed Tenant’s tooth with beating for being “Illegal Occupant”
BY BRIDGET EDOKWE · PUBLISHED JULY 27, 2019 · UPDATED JULY 27, 2019





Two members of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Mr Ganiyu Abolarin and Mr Owolabi Razak have been accused of acts amounting to Criminal Conspiracy, Criminal Trespass, Criminal force and Assault, False Imprisonment, Threat to life, and abuse of office by Mr Ogundokun Saheed, a tenant to Honourable Ganiyu Abolarin.



An eye witness who spoke to BarristerNG on condition of anonymity said the two members representing Isapa/Ekiti and Share/Okeodo constituencies respectively attacked Mr Ogundokun at night at his rented apartment, Sir Abbey road, Awolowo Street, Tanke, Ilorin, Kwara State on the 17th July, 2019.

Mr Ogundokun’s nightmare started at about 10pm when someone knocked at the gate of the house and he came out to see who it was. The stranger introduced himself to Mr Ogundokun as a Police officer from A’ Division, Ilorin and informed him that his attention is needed at their station in connection with a complaint lodged against him. Because it was already late, the said officer agreed with Ogundokun to be present at the station by 10am, the next day.

An hour later, there was another knock at the gate, but Mr Ogundokun refused to open the gate for security reasons. However the Men forced their way into the compound, broke the window and removed the burglary. Fortunately, Mr Ogundokun identified Ganiyu Abolarin, his landlord in the middle of the charade.

Our source stated that altercation ensued thereafter between the two of them over the former’s failure to pay rent. While this was going on, Owolabi Razaq, who was there with his colleague, came from the back and grievously assaulted Mr Ogundogun. Ganiyu also joined Owolabi in assaulting the tenant. They were accompanied with their political thugs who also joined in this act. They were about 8 all together with two police Men suspected to be their police orderly.



Mr Ogundokun’s 3 friends who live in his apartment with him were not spared. They were also assaulted and seriously beaten too by these men led by both Hon Ganiyu and Owolabi.



After the assault, they threw Mr Ogundokun out from the window and took him and his friends to F’ Division where they were arrested and detained on allegation that they were illegal occupants.



Mr Ogundokun, as a result of the grievous assault, lost consciousness, sustained serious injury and one of his teeth removed. He was rushed to Anchor Hospital, Tanke Ilorin by Police Men.



He regained consciousness and was later brought back to detention in the midnight by the police Men of F’ Division. They were later released the following day.

BarristerNG gathered that following the grievous injury sustained by Mr Ogundokun as a result of the assault against him, Mr Ogundokun collapsed again and was rushed to another hospital by his friends and he was admitted for further medical treatment. Mr Ogundokun, as at the time of this report is said to be going through excruciating pain.



BarristerNG reliably gathered that Mr Ogundokun’s Lawyer, YY Ajibade has petitioned the Speaker, Hon Umar Danladi of Kwara State House of Assembly to investigate the case and bring these two members to book.



Below is a copy of the petition sent to the speaker, kwara State House of Assembly and made available to BarristerNG.





21/7/19



The Honourable Speaker,

Kwara State House of Assembly,

Ilorin, Kwara State.

Dear Sir,

PETITION AGAINST HONOURABLE GANIYU ABOLARIN AND OWOLABI RAZAK MEMBERS REPRESENTING ISAPA/EKITI AND SHARE/OKEODO CONSITUENCES RESPECTIVELY FOR CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, CRIMINAL TRESPASS, CRIMINAL FORCE AND ASSAULT, FALSE IMPRISONMENT, THREAT TO LIFE AND ABUSE OF OFFICE AGAINST OGUNDOKUN SAHEED, KAREEM QUADRI, RAZAK OSENI AND AJAYI MICHEAL

We are the solicitors to Mr Ogundokun Saheed of Sir Abbey Street, Awolowo Area, Tanke, Ilorin subsequently refers to as our client and on whose behalf and instruction we present this petition against Honourable Ganiyu Abolarin and Owolabi Razak members representing Isapa/Ekiti and Share/Okeodo constituencies respectively for acts amounting to Criminal Conspiracy, Criminal Trespass, Criminal force and Assault, False Imprisonment, Threat to life, and abuse of office against our client.
Our client was attacked and brutalized by the aforementioned members of the Kwara State House of Assembly. These members are under your leadership, it informs the reason of presenting this petition to you first.
Our client informed us and verily believed him to be true that he is a lawful tenant of a two bedroom flat situate at Sir Abbey Street, Awolowo Area, Tanke, Ilorin, Property of Honourable Ganiyu Abolarin subsequently refers to as Landlord.
Our client informed us that on 17th day of July 2019 he received news that his wife paternal grandmother died at the early hour of the day and decided to travel down to Ilorin together with his colleagues at work for funeral ceremony same day. He had already schedule that by 7 am of the next day they would be travelling back to Lagos.
Our client informed us that at about 10 pm on the night of 17th July 2019, he was together with his colleagues in his apartment at Sir Abbey Street, Awolowo area of Tanke when a neighbour came knocking that someone is at the gate looking for him. But since he was not expecting anybody he asked his other colleagues whether they were expecting any visitor they all answered in negative, then they all went out together for security reason to see who was at the gate.
Our client informed us further that the man at the gate said he is a policeman sent by landlord that his attention is needed at A Division Police Station Ilorin. The police man was asked of his Identity card but could not produce any but for benefit of doubt our client told him it was already late at night. They exchange contacts and both agreed to 10 am the next day and the man left.
Our client further informed us that after about an hour when the man at the gate had left they heard a loud bang on our gate and that they decided to ignore as it was already past 11 at night. Within a twinkle of eyes we heard their voices inside the compound shouting open your gate. The way the house was structured is that every apartment has burglary proof both in front and at the back.
Our client informed us, further that to his dismay, suddenly, he saw flash of torch light on his face in his bedroom, to his consternation they have already pull down a window together with the burglary and scaled through the house via the window. The next moment they started bashing him with his other colleagues. In the face of overwhelming and disabling terror he said they lost spirit to fight back because everything happened with the speed of light and they were about nine to ten men.
Our client further informed us that the first person that started bashing him was later identified to be Honourable Razaq Owolabi. After they had received serious bashing inside the apartment, he was thrown out of the house through the broken window like common criminal or animal by the so called Honourable Razaq Owolabi and in the process he sustained severs bodily injury.
Our client informed us that while on ground outside the house, he identified landlord vividly and said to him that so you are the masquerade behind the mask. Our client said despite the fact that he sustained obvious bodily injury and evidence of manifest excruciating pain written all over him the landlord was not perturb rather he ordered the two uniform police men to arrest us.
Our client further informed us that they were taken to F. Division police Station Tanke, wherein the landlord levied against them offence of illegal Occupant and craved for them to be locked up. He called our client many unprintable names and at the same time threatened fire and brainstorm. He said he was ready to deal with him to his last kobo and that he would demonstrate to him how influential he is.
Our client informed us that he did not know when he was taking to hospital. He later found out later that he was rushed to the hospital in the midnight when he lost consciousness. By the time he woke at the Hospital he saw two police men who led him back to the cell where they locked his other colleagues.
Our client further informed us that at about 5:15 pm of 18th July 2019 the Landlord and his friends Honourable Razaq Owolabi came back to police Station since midnight they locked them up. Y.Y. Ajibade Esq. of Exact Legal Associates was there at the Station around that time. We had a meeting with them in D.P.O’s office. At the meeting it was established that the matter is that of Tenant, Landlord and Agent. D.P.O adjourned the meeting to the next day which was 19th July 2019 and demands the presence of the agent of the house to shed more light to the case.
At the meeting the next day which was 19th July 2019. The landlord did not deny agent as the man in charge of his property since 2014 to 2018 and it was equally not in dispute that agent was the one who gave that apartment out to our client. The issues in dispute are payment of rent of 2019 which was due since November 2018 and refund of money used by our client to process the prepaid meters.
Having listened to the whole story D.P.O in his wisdom said to the landlord that as a public figure that he should not have taken laws into his hands. Burgling our client apartment in the middle of the night and bashing him together with his colleagues were actions not befitting of his political status. D.P.O gave him hint that he should apologize to our client but Honourable Ganiyu Abolarin and Honourable Razaq Owolabi were dismissive.
This action should not be allowed to slide or swept under carpet. They must be investigated for this inhuman behavior. Behavior not worthy of persons of their caliber, it is barbaric for a whole house of Assembly members to think the way to eject a lawful tenant is by bashing them in the middle of the night with the help of hoodlums. It should be said in clear terms that breaking a burglary and scaling through the window to gain access to an apartment late in the night to eject lawful tenant is distasteful and animalistic.
We urge you sir, to use your good office to investigate this matter thoroughly as we are contemplating legal action against them and we therefore, demand public apology and a huge compensation for Trespass, Assault, Battery and False imprisonment.
We are hopeful a prompt action would be taken. Thank you sir.

Y. AJIBADE ESQ.


Petitioner’s Counsel

Principal Partners.



Cc: Executive Governor of Kwara State.

Governor’s office,

Government House,

Amadu Bello Way,

G.R.A,Ilorin

Kwara State.

Secretary to State Government.

Governor’s Office,

Amadu Bello Way,

G.R.A, Ilorin,

Kwara State.



The Chairman,

House Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Judiciary

Kwara State House Of Assembly.

They should get what they deserve.. Awon werey