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Popular socialite, Abu Abel, arrested over alleged N477m land scam
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Police operatives at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon, have arrested a popular socialite over his alleged involvement in a N447 million land fraud.
The suspect, Olaseni Johnson Olayinka alias Abu Abel, was arrested during an operation led by CSP Taiwo Oyewole at a residence in Victoria Island where he was allegedly hiding.
It was gathered that the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) in charge of FCID, Mrs Margaret Ochalla ordered Olayinka’s arrest following a petition by Doyin Investment Group of Companies.
The petitioner had alleged that the suspect fraudulently sold them three plots of land situated at Augustina Orji Street, within Ojomu Chieftaincy Family land, Oke-Arin Village, Mayegun, in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos.
He was alleged to have represented himself as the owner of the three plots (1, 4 and 10) measuring about 1,800.311 square metres in 2023.
Abu Abel allegedly convinced the company to pay N447 million for the property and a Deed of Assignment was duly executed between the parties.
However, following the transaction, the company discovered that the land was already encumbered and subject to a third-party claim.
When confronted, the suspect admitted he was aware of the issue and promised to refund the payment. He was said to have refunded N230 million in bits but defaulted on the balance of N217 million.
He was said to have become evasive and subsequently started threatening officials of the company.
According to the petitioner, Abu Abel on January 11, 2024, signed a written undertaking to repay the balance and used his property at Block C, Plot 22, Oba Amusa Adebambo Avenue, Lekki, as a collateral but failed to offset the debt.
Rather than submit himself to the agreement, the suspect was alleged to have filed a fundamental human rights enforcement suit, an action the police described as ploy to obstruct justice.
He was subsequently arrested after weeks of intelligence gathering on his whereabouts.
A source familiar with the case said the suspect was also being investigated for alleged links to a secret cult group reportedly involved in high-profile fraud, land grabbing, and criminal intimidation across Lagos and Ogun states.
“His arrest was ordered by AIG Margaret Ochalla, and executed by CSP Taiwo James and her tactical team. The operation was intelligence-driven and concluded successfully in Abuja,” the source disclosed.
Recovered from the suspect were key documents, including payment receipts, the Deed of Assignment, written undertakings, and correspondence with the complainant.
He is expected to be arraigned soon on multiple charges, including obtaining money under false pretence, criminal breach of trust, and conspiracy to defraud contrary to the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006, and the Criminal Code Act.
Meanwhile, Doyin Investment Group has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, to ensure the suspect is prosecuted and the company’s outstanding N217 million recovered.
“This was a calculated fraud. We trusted the system, paid the money legally, and now the company is suffering losses. We commend the police for tracking him down, and we are confident that justice will be served,” a company representative stated.
(Nation)
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Suspected bandits have kidnapped retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, former Director of Defence Information, and his wife on Matazu Road in Katsina State.
Security sources told PRNigeria that the couple was ambushed on Saturday morning, May 30, 2026, while travelling in a red Peugeot 504 saloon car.
The gunmen intercepted the vehicle and whisked the retired officer and his wife to an unknown location.
The driver escaped with gunshot wounds and is receiving treatment at a nearby hospital, a security source said.
The former DDI and his wife were waylaid by armed men on the route. The driver escaped with gunshot injuries and is receiving medical attention,” the source stated.
Security forces have launched search-and-rescue operations and deployed intelligence assets to track the abductors, according to the source. Official confirmation from the military was still pending at press time.
—Rising concern in Katsina—
The abduction comes amid persistent insecurity in parts of Katsina despite ongoing military operations against bandit groups in the North-West.
In recent years, several serving and retired security personnel have been targeted on highways linking Katsina to neighbouring states. PRNigeria reports that criminal groups now see high-profile individuals, including retired military officers, as lucrative targets.
Maj-Gen Abubakar served as Director of Defence Information and was one of the Nigerian military’s most visible spokespersons during the counterinsurgency campaign against Boko Haram.
The incident is expected to renew calls for stronger security along major highways and rural communities in Katsina, where residents continue to face kidnapping and banditry.
Credit :PRNigeria
Abia State Police Command has nabbed two suspects for conspiracy, attempted child theft and possession of hard drugs.
The Command which made this known on Saturday, named the suspects as Nzubechi Chinagorom and Chinonso Chibundu, indigenes of Olokoro, Umuahia South LGA of the Abia State.
In a statement signed by DSP Maureen Chinaka, the Police Public Relations Officer, the Command said its officers apprehended the suspects through actionable intelligence, in collaboration with Olokoro vigilante personnel.
She stated that the suspects went to the residence of one Miss Amarachi Chinyereugo and attempted to forcibly take away her two-week-old baby girl.
DSP Chinaka said that the Nzubechi Chinagorom allegedly stabbed the nursing mother with a kitchen knife during a struggle, causing the baby to fall and hit her head on ground.
The police spokesperson said that the two suspects fled from the scene and ran into a nearby bush on realizing that the nursing mother, Miss Amarachi Chinyereugo cried out for help.
She added that the suspects were later apprehended at a bus stop
where they had reportedly gone to take hard drugs.
“The mother and child were immediately rushed to the hospital, where they received treatment and have since recovered.
“The suspects were apprehended, exhibits were recovered and investigation has been conducted at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID). Suspects will be charged to court on 2/06/2026,” Chinaka said.
Ex-Minister of Labour and Productivity, SellJoel Ikenya, has been declared winner of the governorship primaries conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Taraba State.
Mr Felix Hyat, the chairman of the election committee, who announced the results in Jalingo on Saturday, said Ikenya scored 34,173, to defeat Mr Dinshiya Usman, who polled 4,853.
Hyat, who described the exercise as free, fair and transparent, commended the state working committee of the party for the peaceful conduct.
Ikenya, in his acceptance speech, pledged to revive Taraba to her days of glory if elected governor in 2027.
“I will transform Taraba; I will change the state from salary base, to an industrialised state.
“My desire is to also revive the state infrastructure and attract more investors to boost the economy,” he said.
The governorship candidate, however, denied the allegations of factional PDP in Taraba.
“There is no factional PDP in Taraba; I don’t know where the other people are coming from.
“PDP in Taraba is one, and we do not have any faction in the state. We are working as one united family to reclaim our mandate from Gov. Agbu Kefas of the All Progressives Congress (APC),” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that, the Nyesom Wike led faction of the party had recently declared senator Emmanuel Bwacha as its governorship candidate in Taraba.
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