A recent investigation has exposed the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, as being complicit in a disputed land grab case in the Guzape area of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city and maybe protecting the main perpetrators who appear to be his close allies and business associates.
The suspect with cover from the police under Mr Egbetokun wiped off all the EFCC markings and have continued to develop the land in defiance of the FCTA, the courts, and the EFCC.
According to a petition filed on August 18, 2023, by the Yesufu family and Alhaja Colleen Yesufu, the complainants received a suspicious phone call regarding the purported sale of flats on their property in Guzape District. The caller claimed that the developer had shown them a Right of Occupancy and Power of Attorney, allegedly signed by Colleen Mero Yesufu, and that the information was obtained from documents uploaded on the Abuja Geographic Information System (AGIS) website.
Upon further investigation, the Yesufu family discovered that unknown individuals had illegally trespassed on their property and were carrying out aggressive development, offering the same at the carcass stage to unsuspecting buyers. The family also found that their property file at AGIS had been fraudulently altered, with a forged Power of Attorney and other fake documents uploaded in favour of one Rebecce Omokamo Godwin Isaac.
The Yesufu family’s inquiries at the Development Control Department further revealed that the criminal syndicate had used the forged documents uploaded to the AGIS system to fraudulently apply for and obtain a Building Plan Approval in March 2023, without the consent or authority of the Yesufu family. They also discovered that this same lady is behind four (4) other similar fraudulently developed properties on plots all within the Guzape District with forged title documents targeting mainly aged.
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