Nigerian Concord Newspaper
If not immediately checked, the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr. Jimoh Moshood will bring the image of the Nigeria Police Force as well as the name of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration into disrepute with his illegalities in the case of Nestoil vs FBNQuest.
Despite a clear court order in the Nestoil case , the Lagos State Police Commissioner has taken several actions which amount to contempt of court.
Information at the disposal of Nigerian Concord Newspaper indicates that some court bailiffs went to the premises of Nestoil Group this morning to paste the Order of Justice Ofili Ajumogobia but the fully armed policemen at the premises refused them access, saying that they wouldn’t let them (Court Bailiffs) near the building unless they get an instruction from the Lagos State Police Commissioner.
Apart from violating clear court orders, Mr. Moshood has also shunned an order from the federal government which states that all Police escorts should be withdrawn from VIPs and private citizens across the country.
Just yesterday, the federal government gave a public directive that any police officer that is found guarding private citizens and VIPs should be reported and arrested.
Can Police Commissioner Jimoh Moshood justify his reason for allocating over fifty police officers to be guarding Mr. Sulu Gambari, the self-acclaimed Receiver Manager wrongly appointed by Justice Isaac Dipeolu in the case of Nestoil vs FBNQuest?
Despite warning by the federal government, the Lagos State Police Commissioner illegally allocated police officers to be guarding Mr. Sulu Gambari who illegally used force to take over the business premises of Nestoil Group yesterday despite a court order that the Nigerian Police Force as well as the IGP, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun must not go near the building since it belongs to Drawcok Estates LTD that filed the suit before the presiding judge on November 7, 2025.
Giving police escorts to a private citizens like Sulu Gambari to commit crimes and disobeying clear court orders is punishable as it goes against a recent order of the Federal Government on the issue of police escorts to VIPs. So the IGP and the Nigeria Police Commission should quickly look into this.
Can Moshood explain why he has been violating clear court orders in this case, or does it mean that the Lagos Police Commissioner doesn’t understand the contents of the court order as pronounced on November, 24, 2025 by Justice R.N. Ofili Ajumogobia of a Federal High Court in Abuja.
Justice Ofili Ajumogobia had last week ordered the Nigerian Police Force as well as the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun not to go near the building which occupies Nestoil Group on No. 41/42 Akin Ademola Street, Victoria Island in Lagos State as it belongs to Drawcok Estates LTD.
Recall that Drawcok Estates LTD on November 7, 2025 through Mr. Kehinde Ogunwumiu, SAN, Ademola Abimbola, SAN with Esther Longe and Uchechi Chibueze prayed to the court to order the Nigerian Police Force and the IGP who are the first and second respondents not to interfere with or impend or violate her (applicant) right to own the properties on No. 4 Nyasa close, plot 19, Off Ontaria crescent /Mississippi road, Maitama Abuja and 41/42 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos State as guarantees by the chapter 4 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended as it only relates to the complaint litigated in the suit.
Delivering the judgement in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/2385/2025 on November 24, 2025, the presiding judge, Honourable Justice R.N. Ofili Ajumogobia ruled that that the applicant has a right to own and possess her properties as mentioned in the addresses above as guaranteed by the 34 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended and the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights..
Justice Ajumogobia stressed further in her ruling that the sealing-off and occupation of the applicant’s properties on the addresses mentioned above by the Respondents constitute an infringement on the right of the applicant to own property, as guaranteed by Sections 43 and 44 of the he Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended.
The judge also ruled that the Respondents, whether by themselves , their agents, agencies and servants, acting for it through them or any other person(s) howsoever described or claiming through them, to vacate the applicant’s properties on the addresses mentioned above, and deliver possession over to the applicant forthwith.
Ajumogobia stressed that the Respondents, whether by themselves, their agents, agencies, and servants, acting for or through them or any other person(s) howsoever described or claiming through them, to provide security for the applicant to take back possession of her properties on the addresses mentioned above.
She also gave an order that the Respondents is restrain, whether by themselves, their agents, agencies and servants, acting for or through them or any other person(s) howsoever described or claiming through them, from harassing the applicant and refusing her access to her properties on the addresses mentioned above.
It is pertinent to note that Drawcok Estate limited has a duly registered title at lagos state land Registry of the premises housing Nestoil Tower since 2012
With this clear court order as delivered by Justice Ofili Ajumogobia, can CP Moshood Jimoh explain why he illegally deployed fully armed police officers to seal the premises which doesn’t even belong to Nestoil Group?
Recall that it took days before CP Moshood Jimoh removed his men from the premises when Justice Daniel Osiagor vacated the order earlier made by Justice Isaac Dipeolu. Does this mean that the Lagos State Police Commissioner is a man of illegalities and criminalities?