By Ihechi Enyinnaya
A 73-year old widow may lose her house, unless the Lagos State government steps in.
According to a civil rights group, the Save Lagos Group (SLG) a Lagos Cleric, Pastor Alabi David and his Church member, Mr. Wole Oshodi are allegedly planning to take over a residential building of a 73
(now 74) year old Widow, Alhaja Ayisatu Alasela of No 8,Bakare Opesha
Street, Papa Ashafa, Agege,Lagos State, through illegal means.
Pastor Alabi who claimed to be in-Charge of Christ Apostolic Church
(CAC) situated at No 5, Hassan Adejobi Street, Papa Ashafa , off
Mulero Bus-Stop, along Oyewole Road, Dopemu Lagos and Mr. Oshodi who aso claimed to be member of the Church and Community leader, live at No 10,Alhaji Adebambo street , Orile- Agege, Lagos, have been engaging in many tricks to take over the said residential building illegally.
The civil rights group had called for the intervention of
the State Governor,Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the State
Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr,Moyosore Jubril
Onigbanjo,SAN on the subject matter by constituting the Independent panel of Inquiry to try the matter to rest once and for all.
Save Lagos Group (SLG) disclosed that the duo who
had earlier failed on two attempts to take over the said residential
building illegally from the widow of Late Alasela family, now
approached the Ogba Magisterial Court District to demand for one
Million Naira(N1,000,000) from Alhaja Ayisatu Alasela and her two
sons.
It alleged that the duo used a Customary Court Criminal case with a
Suit No:-OALCDA/018/CR/2019, Between Orile Agege Local Council
Development Area & Orile Agege Health Department as Complainants
versus Pastor Alabi David & Hon. Wole Oshodi as Defendants to file
an application against the poor 73 year old Widow, Ayisalatu Alasela
and his two sons by turning themselves to be claimants before the
magisterial court district Holden at Ogba.
Believing that only Ogba Magisterial court district will give them
Jankara and Kangaroo order to compel the poor widow and his two sons to pay one million naira (N1,000,000.00) to the two criminal –
defendants in a Customary Court turn themselves to claimants in a
Magisterial Court suite No :- MSC /69/2021 and they knew that the poor widow with her son will not be able to pay the sum where they will lure the Magistrate court to confiscate the residential building of Alasela
Family for auctioning and they will also be the person to buy it
later.
Alhaja Alasela is a widow of Late Alhaji Alasela who died Fourteen
(14) years ago , precisely, 2nd day of April , 2007 and left the residential building for Alhaja Alasela and her children and they have
been living in the residential building before the death of their
patriarch.
It would be recalled that Alabi and Oshodi had earlier used officials of
Lagos State Environmental Agency (LASEPA) led by one Tunji, and officer
of Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Panti – Yaba
led by DCP Yetunde Longe, Ola Adefarasin
Reuben and Supol Oke (CSP) , an officer in charge of D7 Department to take over the building.
But SLG’s Petition Letter dated Monday 3rd of August,2020 which was signed by its Convener, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman,foiled attempts to take over the residential building of the poor widow illegally and this was not going down well with Alabi and Oshodi that necessitated their new antics in Ogba Magisterial Court 4 District.
The information has it that as a result of the said Petition
Letter,LASEPA’s Director of Enforcement,Mr. Kayode Bello called Comrade Sulaiman on Thursday 16th day of July 2020, apologizing for invading the poor widow’s house illegally, saying that it was a mistake because LASEPA officials wrongly invaded the said huse of Alasela instead of Pastor Alabi David’s Church/ House as directed in the agency letter.
While DCP Yetunde Longe relieved of her duty post in SCID, Panti-yaba,
Lagos and she was quickly replaced by one DCP Fayoade Adegoke who resumed duty on Wednesday 13th day of January,2021.
There were many rhetoric questions to be asked about the new suit of the purported claimants at the Magisterial Court 4 district Holden at Ogba; why the front page of the acclaimed Judgement of Customary Court used for this Magistrate Court suit not having CTC stamp?,why the Judgement of acclaimed suit no:-OALCDA/018/CR/2019 not having specific dates? , how the defendants, Alabi David and Wole Oshodi in the criminal proceedings at the Customary Court case turn themselves to claimants in the Civil Summon at the Magisterial Court Holden at Ogba?.
According to the group; “It is to our dismay that the Chief Magistrate
Court 4 of respected Lagos State would attend to such crude, illegal,
satanic, undemocratic, aberration,evil, unconstitutional, abomination and
unmagisterial matter of this nature.It is also very unfortunate that Chief
Magistrate Court 4 district Holden at Ogba, would adjudicate on this
baseless and fake case brought before it by the two forgers, the notorious Pastor Alabi David and dishonourable Wole Oshodi.”