Fresh documents have emerged explaining the deployment of police officers to a disputed property in the Victoria Garden City (VGC) area of Lagos, with sources insisting that the records exonerate Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) Olohundare Moshood Jimoh from allegations linking him to an alleged land-grabbing scheme.
The allegations were made by social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), who claimed that Jimoh framed businessman Hameed Tajudeen Akanbi in connection with two murder cases to facilitate the takeover of the property.
However, documents obtained at the weekend indicate that the police presence at the site followed petitions submitted to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police by the property’s developers, who sought police protection over alleged threats to their lives and interference with the land.
At the time the petitions were received, Jimoh was serving as the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State.
According to the documents, the developers, through their lawyers, wrote separate petitions dated December 5, 2025, to the IGP and January 20, 2026, to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police. They alleged criminal breach of trust, fraudulent extortion, threats to life and unlawful interference with their property.
The petitioners stated that they possessed a Contract of Sale and Lagos State Government Consent confirming their ownership of the property, following a 2022 settlement with the original landowners.
They further alleged that Akanbi, who had introduced himself as a land consultant in 2019, fraudulently acquired more than 40 plots of land located along Orchid Road, Alpha Beach Road and Agungi through false representations between 2019 and 2020.
According to the petitions, Akanbi also presented another parcel of land along Chevron Drive as belonging to his family, a claim the developers said was later contradicted after they settled with the actual owners.
The developers’ solicitors alleged that despite receiving ₦1.5 billion in settlement of his claims, Akanbi later mobilised suspected thugs who allegedly invaded the property, attacked workers and disrupted ongoing construction.
Photographs attached to the petitions reportedly showed inscriptions spray-painted on the perimeter fence, including “THIS LAND IS NOT FOR SALE, BEWARE OF 419,” alongside claims that the property belonged to the Ojomu royal family.
The petitioners consequently requested police protection while the inscriptions were removed and asked authorities to restrain Akanbi and his associates from further interference with the land.
AIG Jimoh, who now heads Zone 2 Police Command, has recently faced allegations by VeryDarkMan over the police investigation into the killings of Sheriff Ishola in April 2023 and Demola Akinloye in August 2024 in Ajiran, Eti-Osa.
Police authorities have maintained that Akanbi was identified as a principal suspect in the two murder investigations after statements allegedly made by two arrested suspects implicated him. He was subsequently declared wanted before being returned to Nigeria through INTERPOL processes.
VeryDarkMan had also released an audio recording purportedly involving Akanbi and one Akin Fakorede discussing the VGC property. In the recording, one of the speakers allegedly claimed in Yoruba that Jimoh deployed police officers to the land.
However, sources familiar with the petitions argued that the documents demonstrate that the deployment followed formal requests for police protection by the developers rather than any personal interest by the senior police officer.
According to one source, the complainants have repeatedly commended Jimoh’s handling of the matter, insisting he neither demanded nor received money or land from them.
“They have said repeatedly that they did not know Jimoh before submitting the petition. He acted on it without demanding anything. He neither collected money nor acquired any land there. The property belongs to the petitioners, and the deployment of police officers prevented an attempted forceful takeover,” the source said.
The source further described the allegations against the AIG as an attempt to blackmail him and weaken his resolve in carrying out his official duties.
Jimoh had earlier denied corruption allegations, maintaining that he neither accepted money nor property from anyone in connection with the matter.
He challenged anyone with evidence of wrongdoing to present it before a court or make it available to Akanbi’s legal team for use in the ongoing criminal proceedings.
The AIG also maintained that police investigations established that Akanbi had a case to answer and that investigators had gathered evidence capable of supporting the prosecution.
Meanwhile, police sources also dismissed attempts to link Jimoh to the investigation into the death of singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba (MohBad), describing such claims as misleading.
According to the sources, MohBad died in 2023 and investigations commenced immediately before the matter was transferred to the Lagos State Coroner’s Court and later to the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) in Abuja.
They noted that Jimoh was neither serving at the Lagos State Police Command nor the FCID during the investigation and only assumed office as Lagos Commissioner of Police on February 18, 2025, after the matter had already proceeded to court.
The sources added that although Jimoh later met with protesters who visited the Lagos Police Command over the case and assured them of justice, he had no investigative role in the matter.
“So, I don’t understand why they are linking him to MohBad’s case if not for mischief,” one of the sources said.
