LAGOS CHIEF ALLEGES FCID OFFICERS EXTORTED N1.5M, STOLE €760
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By: Motunrayo Aniwura
Chief Olusola Adegboye, a traditional leader in Shasha, Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State, has accused officers from the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Annex, Alagbon, of robbing him of N1.5 million and taking €760 during a search on his home in December 2024.
The claims were made by Adegboye, who is also the head of the Board of Trustees for the Human Rights Defenders and Access to Justice Advocacy Center and is known as Oluomo of Shasha, in a phone interview with our correspondent on Sunday.
Gun-wielding officers reportedly invaded his home on December 14, 2024, after his wife, who currently resides in the Netherlands through her brother, said in a petition that the chief intended to kidnap her.
“Based on the spurious and baseless petition by my wife through her brother, a truckload of policemen from the FCID, Alagbon, came to arrest me barely a few hours after I returned to Nigeria from the Netherlands,” he said.
He claimed that the officers broke into his office and residence without any prior notice or invitation, backing his claim with photos showing a broken door and shattered window panes.
He said, “They didn’t send me any invitation at all. There was no call. They broke down the door to my office like I was some criminal. They conducted an illegal search of my premises and carted away valuable items, including gold jewellery and my Nissan Juke SUV, worth several million.”
Adegboye also alleged that the officers handcuffed him and paraded him through the streets in front of a crowd as if he were a criminal.
“I was arrested and handcuffed in full view of hundreds of people. The officers called me a criminal and treated me like one even though I had done nothing to deserve such humiliation,” he said.
He further alleged that one of the officers, identified only as Musa, demanded N1.5m as a condition for his release.
He said, “Musa told me to bring N1.5m for bail or I would remain in detention over the weekend. I pleaded with him to release me that Saturday since I had just returned to Nigeria and hadn’t exchanged my money.”
According to the chief, the €760 found in his purse was never returned, even though the purse itself was handed back.
He claimed to our correspondent that the money for his release was paid through different transactions conducted at the FCID office on December 16, 2024, and January 14, 2025. He further said that despite filing a suit at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi to challenge the seizure of his property, his SUV had yet to be returned.
“They took away all my documents, including the one for the house and my landed property elsewhere. They said they were going to return them to me after their investigation, but they have not returned them to me to date. I want my property and documents returned to me,” the chief pleaded.
When contacted, FCID spokesperson Amina Mayegun referred our correspondent to Seun Olowookere, the acting Public Relations Officer, who asked that the victim and this reporter visit Alagbon in person to settle the matter.
When asked for a phone comment, Olowookere said he would call back with a response, but six days later, he made no official statement or explanation about the incident.
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