The Olubunmi Chieftaincy Family of Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State, has petitioned the state Commissioner of Police over allegations that the Chairman of Agbado-Oke Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Mr Abiodun Ishola Ejigbadero, forcefully broke judicial seals placed on a disputed property, an act they describe as a grave obstruction of justice.
ABIODUN EJIGBADERO
In a petition made available to journalists, the family accused Ejigbadero of orchestrating an attack on court officials and security personnel during the lawful execution of a court judgment at a property located in Onisigidi Village, via Alagba, Agege.
According to the petition, the incident occurred on November 21, 2025, when sheriffs from the Ikeja High Court, accompanied by police officers, arrived at the property to execute a warrant of possession.
The enforcement followed a subsisting judgment delivered in 1997 by a former Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Inumidun Akande, which affirmed the Olubunmi family’s ownership of the land.
The enforcement order was subsequently reaffirmed by Justice Morenike Obadina of the Lagos State High Court.
The family stated that the judgment, which was never appealed, was conclusively determined and finally affirmed in 2014.
They stressed that neither Abiodun Ejigbadero nor his late father, Mr Jimoh Ishola Ejigbadero, was a party to the suit at any stage of the litigation.
It was equally alleged that during the execution of the court order, operatives of the Lagos State Task Force, reportedly led by one CSP Abutu Anthony, stormed the premises alongside individuals described as political thugs.
Among those allegedly present was Mr Ejigbadero’s brother, Fatai Jimoh Ejigbadero.
The petition claimed that court sheriffs, police officers providing protection, and members of the Olubunmi family were physically assaulted during the chaos, with several persons sustaining injuries.
The family alleged that the LCDA chairman personally fired shots at the judicial seals affixed to the property, forcibly breaking them open.
Following the breach of the court-sealed premises, the family said individuals identified as Ejigbadero’s associates were captured on drone footage, adding that their identities are capable of being clearly established.
The matter was said to have been immediately reported at the Gowon Estate Police Station, where the family said assurances were given that the suspects would be invited for questioning.
A formal petition was also said to have been forwarded to the Inspector General of Police Monitoring Team and duly acknowledged.
However, the family alleged that months after the incident, no invitation, investigation, or enforcement action had been taken by the police against those accused of breaching the court order.
In contrast, they claimed that Ejigbadero later filed a cyberbullying complaint at the same Gowon Estate Police Station against members of the Olubunmi family.
That complaint, they said, was promptly acted upon, with police invitations swiftly issued to the judgment creditors.
“This selective enforcement raises grave concerns,” the family stated, noting that law enforcement allegedly failed to enforce a subsisting court judgment but acted swiftly on a complaint filed by the alleged violator of that judgment.
Calling on the media and the judiciary as “the final safeguards of justice,” the Olubunmi family appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and well-meaning Nigerians to intervene to prevent what they described as abuse of influence and public office.
The controversy is not the first time Abiodun Ejigbadero’s name has surfaced in land-related disputes in Alimosho.
Even before assuming office as LCDA chairman, he was reportedly accused by residents of laying claim to vast parcels of land allegedly owned by his late father, Alhaji Jimoh Ishola, described as a businessman and land speculator.
Historical court records indicate that Alhaji Jimoh Ishola was sentenced to death in 1975 by Justice Isiaka Ishola Oluwa for the murder of one Raji Oba at his Alimosho farmhouse. All appeals reportedly failed, and he was executed around 1979.
In more recent years, Abiodun Ejigbadero has faced several legal challenges. On January 13, 2022, he was charged by the police for allegedly assaulting one Olugbenga Bakare along Akowonjo Road, Lagos, before securing bail.
In August 2022, he was also arraigned on four counts bordering on forgery, perjury, and impersonation, spending about a week in prison custody before being released on bail.
A police investigation report compiled by Deputy Commissioner of Police Umar Shelleng from the office of the Assistant Inspector General of Police reportedly exposed several forged documents allegedly used by Ejigbadero to lay claim to properties across Mulero, Alagba, Iyana Ipaja, Abule Oki, Onisigidi, and other parts of Alimosho.
The report stated that the Olubunmi family had owned the disputed lands “from time immemorial,” adding that Ejigbadero and his brother, Tajudeen, allegedly made false ownership claims after their father’s death without documentary proof.
It further detailed instances of impersonation, including letters written to the Alimosho Local Government Chieftaincy Committee in July 2020 and a September 2020 suit at the Ikeja High Court, where Ejigbadero allegedly posed under a false name. Forensic analysis reportedly confirmed forged signatures.
Although charges were filed based on the findings, the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions entered a nolle prosequi in early 2025, terminating the prosecution and clearing the way for Ejigbadero’s emergence as Agbado-Oke Odo LCDA chairman under the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Another unresolved allegation involves a homicide case reportedly pending at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti.
The Olubunmi family alleged that a clash over revenue collection at Iyana Ipaja Market in April 2024 resulted in the death of one Ajayi from a gunshot wound.
As of the time of filing this report, the Lagos State Police Command has yet to issue a public response to the latest petition against the LCDA chairman.
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