A Nigerian business mogul, Dr. Saheed Mosadoluwa, has accused AIG Olaoye Durosinmi of conspiring with Aare Bashiru Fakorede to malicious demolish, hijack and relocate his business empire to Sudan.
Dr. Mosadoluwa, CEO of Harmony Gardens and Estate Development Ltd, popularly know as Saheed Ibile, made this accusations in response to many threats on his life and company made by certain individuals sponsored by Fakorede, a renowned landgrabber who has the backing of top ranking Police officers.
Speaking at a recent press conference at the site of the destruction by these elements, the aviator cum real estate development mogul, for fear of the unknown, said his considering relocating his business back to Dubai or Republic of Benin where he is already enjoying favourable support.
“We have this same type of business in other countries including Benin Republic and Sudan, infact I was in Sudan the day Madam Modupe Oni-Orisan came to destroy my property, and I tell you for a fact that there is no where else we get this type of frustration and intimidation except Nigeria.
“I am now beginning to understand people who always say they cannot do business in Nigeria or those saying they want to Japa with their businesses. I am facing the same thing too. Nobody loves Nigeria more than I do but I am tired. Once we are done sorting out all our clients and ensuring that what they purchased from us is well stabilized, we might consider a full relocation to another country except things actually get better by then”, he said.
He explained that the disturbing series of events unfolded on July 17, 2024, on one of his acquired property in Oju-Ota, Oko-Orisan village, Epe, Lagos State when a group led by Sodiq Oloto hired by Bashiru Fakorede, along with one Modupe Damacio Oni-Orisan, stormed Majestic Bay of Harmony Gardens’s with armed thugs supervised by some policemen on instruction of AIG Durosinmi who had accused him of not releasing money and sharing land with him as other developers/agent do.
Dr. Mosadoluwa further explained that the intruders, supported by armed officers, ASP Adeseiko Joseph, Inspector Sanni Osiegbe and Inspector Oluwarotimi Omolade engaged by Aare Bashir Fakorede led thugs Sodiq Oloto, maliciously demolished significant portions of the Majestic Bay Estate without the presence of Court Sheriff on account that Modupe Oni Orisan claiming to have engaged Bashiru Fakorede as their family agent for joint venture on what Oni Orisan family’s had already sold to Harmony Gardens years back.
According to him, the entire destruction by these element supervised by AIG Durosinmi was estimated at over 600million Naira, as part of what was lost during the destruction was a Payloader machine worth 185million naira which was taken away from the site by Modupe and his cohorts.
Mosadoluwa, striving to address the issue legally, said he had reported the incident to the Commissioner of Police through the AIG himself, CP Tactical officials arrested Modupe Damazio and two other armed thugs but the AIG ordered their release and transfer of my company managers who are the nominal complainant in a previous complaint to the AIG Durosinmi, but received no actionable response. “The situation escalated on July 22, 2024, when the same group returned with armed officers led by AIG Olaoye Durosinmi’s boys from Zone 2 which resulted in further destruction.”
“Oko Orisan Community members intervened during the second attack, capturing some of the thugs and handing them over to the CP Tactical team at Naforija Police Division in Epe. Among those apprehended was Modupe Oni-Orisan, who openly admitted in a video recording that she and her cohorts were responsible for the demolition.
“These land does not belong to him as a company owner but to Nigerians home and abroad that have invested their hard earn on the lands, and trying to hijack the land is trying to hijack people’s investments”, he explained.
Speaking further, he said, instead of proceeding with the justice, AIG Durosinmi took over the case, transferring it to the Area Command in Elemoro, where he then released the suspects and detained Mosadoluwa’s colleagues, Chief Sulaiman Salau and Pa. Olatunde Alebiosu, who are Executive Management Officers of Harmony Gardens and Estate Development Limited despite clear evidence and confessions from the perpetrators.
Dr. Mosadoluwa, however, called for the intervention of higher authorities as it is clearer that AIG Durosinmi is a party to this landgrabbing business and the Attorney General of Lagos State should take over the case, and ensure that justice is served, protecting the rights of the true landowners and holding the actual culprits accountable.
He emphasized that Modupe Oni-Orisan who is one of the spearheaders of this evil activity is the sibling of Pa Moshood Oni-Orisan who is the head of the Oni-Orisan family and Modupe was one of the people who appointed him as the head of the Oni-Orisan family. The head of the family sold the said land to Saheed Mosadoluwa’s company, Harmony Gardens and Estate Development Ltd with the signature of the rest of the family members.
Saheed Mosadoluwa advised that if Modupe Oni-Orisan has issues with her family and brother (the family head) over money, it is not him, she should disturb but the family whom he has duly paid for the acquisition of the land, saying the head of the family and other senior family members are continuously backing and defending him as they have never denied selling the land to him.