Land Dispute: Police claims IGP’s order, stormed housing estate, shot company staff in Abuja

A police officer identified as Taiwo from the Inspector General’s Monitoring Unit, Wednesday stormed a disputed estate site in Games village, Abuja claiming that he was ordered by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun to intervene in land matters.

Shockingly, the team which was led by CSP Patrick Lamin met some staff of a company involved in disputation of the property with the Court order in their favour and in the course of attempting to explain to the police, there was confrontation leading to shooting of a staff of Olusco Group of Companies by a police officer, Taiwo.

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CAPITAL POST learnt that the staff who was shot and is currently battling with his life in an undisclosed hospital generated tension on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025, as staff of Olusco Group of Companies staged a protest against what they described as police brutality, intimidation, and bias in a land tussle between their company and an individual known as Mr. Pretty Okafor who claimed to be the president of Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN).

The protest followed the shooting of one of their staff members, Mr. Yakubu Lawal Omaye, who was allegedly shot by police operatives a few days ago during a confrontation at the disputed estate site in Games Village, Abuja.

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The development was confirmed by an eyewitnesses who sai, the police had stormed the site in an attempt to forcefully hand over the property in favour of PMAN, despite the matter already being before a competent court.

“It was in the course of that intervention that Mr. Omaye sustained gunshot injuries allegedly inflicted by an officer identified as Taiwo from the Inspector General’s Monitoring Unit, who was reportedly acting under the instruction of IGP, and CSP Patrick Lamin.

Angered by what they see as the police taking sides in a civil dispute, dozens of Olusco Group staff took to the streets of Abuja today, demanding justice for their colleague and an end to what they described as “institutional intimidation on behalf of PMAN.”

The Chairman of Olusco Group, MR Olumeyan Oluwafemi who led the protest, condemned the attack and accused the police of contempt of court by meddling in an ownership dispute that is still being litigated. He insisted that the police had no business enforcing land claims for PMAN and called on the Inspector General of Police and other relevant authorities to intervene.

As of the time of filing this report, the Nigeria Police Force has yet to issue an official statement on the incident.

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