The Ogun State Government has intervened in a property dispute between a businesswoman, Damilola Adisa, and a suspected land grabber, Najeem Osolake.
Osolake was arrested and charged in court by the office of the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice over illegalities, following a report by Sunday PUNCH.
In an interview on July 26, 2026, Adisa alleged that Osolake went to her late father’s property situated in the Ibafo area of the state and threatened to seize it, despite her having valid documents and her father’s grave being located on the land.
Adisa added that the suspected land grabber threatened to kill her and her siblings if they did not surrender the property.
“Somebody called us that some people were working on my daddy’s land,” she said during the interview. “So, when we got there, we met labourers and thugs trying to lay a foundation on the land. They had already demolished part of my father’s grave.”
The matter was initially handled by the Ibafo Police Station, which arrested the man and later released him.
“They asked for his documents, but he couldn’t produce any. He threatened that he was ready to go to court. The man threatened to kill us in the presence of the police, yet they freed him,” she alleged.
However, following the report, the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, Oluwasina Ogungbade, ordered the Ogun State Task Force on illegalities to arrest Osolake in early August, and he was subsequently charged to court.
This was disclosed to Sunday PUNCH by Ogungbade and Adisa in separate telephone interviews on Saturday.
“After he was arrested, some non-governmental organisations, lawyers, and his children reached out to us because he was remanded, and we charged him to court.
“He was brought down to Abeokuta. We let him know that if you believe that you have a legitimate claim to the land rather than going there to throw down structures, you should approach the court.
“This woman has been on the land. Her father had been on the land for some years. He had a structure on it, he died, and was buried on that land.”
Osolake was remanded for 60 days and later settled out of court following pleas from his children, who signed undertakings that their father would neither trespass on the property nor threaten the owners.
Speaking on the reason Osolake settled out of court, the commissioner said, “His children advised their father to forget that land and to forget whatever claims that he said he had, because truly those people had been on the land for some time.”
“They undertook that their father would not disturb those people on the land again. So based on that, and the fact that he was said to be about 70 years old, I felt that we could achieve common ground by this mediation. So I withdrew the matter, and he was released.”
“That’s how it is. Though Ms. Adisa was a bit apprehensive that he might still come back, as far as I know, I don’t think he has gone back there to disturb them again. I told her that if he shows up again, she should just let me know. We have withdrawn the criminal charge, but of course we can reinstate it if he goes there to threaten the owners,” he said.
Adisa commended Sunday PUNCH for amplifying her voice, which drew the attention of the state government, noting that it was her first experience getting justice since her father died in 2015.
“I’ve never felt this way before in my life. It feels so good. I was treated well by PUNCH for helping me get justice from the government. The state government and the Commissioner for Justice did so well. This is the first time I’ll get justice since my father died in 2015,” she said.