Skyview Property, a Lagos-based real estate company, has dismissed claims by Alhaji Akeem Osuolale Ogunseye to Plot 37, Lekki Phase 1, Lekki Peninsula Scheme 1, Lagos, as blackmail.
In a statement by Mr. Daniel Itua, Skyview said the property was lawfully acquired in 2008 from the then owner who had bought it from Samuel Alao Ajibode in 1992. The transaction included the Certificate of Occupancy and a Deed of Conveyance executed by Ajibode.
The company said its ownership was affirmed by the Lagos High Court. Justice K. A. Jose, in a judgement delivered June 30, 2025, declared Skyview the rightful owner and granted “an order of perpetual injunction restraining the first Defendant, his agents and privies from further trespassing on the property situate at Plot 37, Block 77, Lekki Peninsula Scheme 1, Lekki, Lagos and from further harassing the claimant.”
Skyview said the matter has nothing to do with Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Olohundare Moshood Jimoh. It explained that as Lagos Commissioner of Police, Jimoh only intervened to restore peace when Ogunseye and his men allegedly attacked its workers, directing that both parties await the court’s decision since the matter was sub judice.
“The recent campaign of blackmail against AIG Jimoh and Skyview is a mere attempt to whip up public sentiment by a person who has no right in law and in fact to the property but has resorted to self-help and violence to scare our workers from the property. We will not succumb to the blackmail,” the company stated.
It said it returned to site to commence development only after the court judgement, with a building plan approved by the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Development. It described Ogunseye as an agent of Ajibode and said any claim of a pending appeal is immaterial as there is no order of stay of execution.
Skyview alleged that Ajibode, an architect, relocated to the United States after demanding ₦50 million from the company, which it regarded as extortion. When the demand was rejected, Ogunseye allegedly emerged and mobilised persons to forcefully enter the property.
The company said it opted for legal redress rather than self-help, and urged the press to verify facts before publishing claims by persons it accused of subverting the rule of law while presenting themselves as victims.
