*Real property firm says Lagos High Court ruling helps its possession declare
Skyview Properties, a Lagos-based actual property improvement firm, has claimed possession of a property at Plot 37, Block 77, Lekki Phase 1, Lekki Peninsula Scheme 1, citing a Certificate of Occupancy and a subsisting judgment of the Lagos State High Court.
The firm, in an announcement signed by Mr Daniel Itua on its behalf, was reacting to claims by one Alhaji Akeem Osuolale Ogunseye, who reportedly challenged its possession of the property.
Skyview Properties described the claims as “frivolous, cheap blackmail and a campaign of calumny”, insisting that it legally acquired the property in 2008 from a earlier purchaser who had purchased it from the unique proprietor, Mr Samuel Alao Ajibode.
According to the corporate, the earlier purchaser had obtained a Certificate of Occupancy and a Deed of Conveyance executed by Ajibode in his favour.
It added that it subsequently acquired the property for ample consideration and likewise paid Ajibode to execute one other Deed of Conveyance in its favour.
The firm additional said that the Lagos State High Court had delivered judgment in its favour, with Justice K. A. Jose issuing an order of perpetual injunction on June 30, 2025.
Quoting the courtroom order, Skyview stated it restrained the primary defendant, his brokers and privies from additional trespassing on the property and “from further harassing the claimant (Skyview Properties), its servants, employees, agents and privies in respect of any matter relating to the property.”
Addressing reviews involving the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Mr Moshood Jimoh, the corporate maintained that the police officer’s intervention was restricted to sustaining peace and directing the events to await the courtroom’s choice.
It stated the police had earlier intervened after an incident wherein Ogunseye and a few people allegedly entered the property and engaged in violence in opposition to its employees.
According to the assertion, Jimoh, who was then the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, suggested the events to await the courtroom’s willpower as a result of the matter was already earlier than the courtroom.
“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 in question but has resorted to self-help and the use of violence to scare our workers from the property. We will not succumb to the blackmail,” the corporate said.
Skyview additionally dismissed considerations concerning the reported attraction in opposition to the High Court judgment, arguing that there was no keep of execution order from the Court of Appeal stopping it from continuing with its improvement plans.
It stated it returned to the location to start improvement solely after the judgment and was performing in keeping with an accepted plan from the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Development.
The firm additional alleged that Ajibode had demanded N50 million after the unique property transaction had been concluded, describing the demand as an alleged try at extortion.
It claimed that the dispute escalated after it declined the demand, including that Ogunseye subsequently grew to become concerned within the possession controversy.
Explaining its choice to strategy the courtroom and petition the police, Skyview stated its actions demonstrated its dedication to due course of.
“Our move to file a Court case and petition the Police Commissioner was a demonstration of the Company’s commitment to due process and judicial process instead of taking the law into our hands or resorting to self-help as the said Ogunseye did,” it stated.
Reaffirming its place, the corporate maintained that the subsisting judgment remained in its favour and that no judicial order had restrained it from continuing with its actions on the property.
It urged media organisations to confirm claims earlier than publication, warning in opposition to what it described as makes an attempt to govern public opinion and undermine due course of.
“Our Company is a responsible corporate body and will not do anything that will either break the law, compromise due process, or cause any breakdown of law and order,” the assertion added.
