The Merit Newspaper
A fresh twist has emerged in the protracted dispute over the ownership and possession of a parcel of land at Feru Village in Ogun, with Gbenga Ibuoye Nigeria Limited accusing the Registered Trustees of World Mission Agency and the Ogun State Task Force on Illegalities of disregarding subsisting court orders and frustrating police investigations.
The allegations were contained in a letter dated May 26, 2026, written by Olugbenga Olumide Oniyire SAN & Co., solicitors to Gbenga Ibuoye Nigeria Limited, and addressed to the Ogun State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.
In the letter, the law firm outlined a series of pending court cases involving its client and the Registered Trustees of World Mission Agency over the disputed land.
According to the solicitors, the key matter is Suit No. HCT/296/2024 between Gbenga Ibuoye Nigeria Limited and the Registered Trustees of World Mission Agency, which is currently before the Ogun State High Court.
The firm stated that on March 26, 2026, Justice B.A. Adebayo of the Ogun State High Court, Ota Judicial Division, granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the defendant, its agents, servants, nominees and privies from allegedly using police officers or other security personnel to harass, intimidate, arrest, investigate or interfere with the claimant, its staff and managing director, Alhaji Ibrahim Gbenga Ibuoye, in connection with the disputed land.
The solicitors further claimed that despite the subsisting court order, officials of the Ogun State Task Force on Illegalities continued to treat their client and its employees as land grabbers.
According to the letter, some employees of the company are currently facing criminal proceedings following the filing of Charge No. MOT/11PI/2026 – COP v. Joseph Adewale Amos & 2 Others.
The law firm alleged that the workers were remanded in a correctional facility through an ex parte application and have remained in custody despite what it described as a lack of investigation into the allegations against them.
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The letter also referenced an earlier criminal charge, Charge No. MOT/28PI/2025 – COP v. Ibrahim Gbenga Ibuoye, involving the company’s Managing Director. The solicitors claimed that Ibuoye was similarly remanded before later securing bail through an order of the Ogun State High Court.
The company further alleged that agents of the Registered Trustees of World Mission Agency, under the protection of security personnel attached to the Ogun State Task Force on Illegalities, repeatedly entered the disputed land, destroyed roads constructed by the company, and removed properties, including iron pipes.
According to the letter, the recovered materials were allegedly taken to the premises of the World Mission Agency at Canaanland rather than deposited at a police station or government facility.
The solicitors also disclosed that the company had petitioned the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja over allegations of criminal conspiracy, threat to life, and illegal possession of firearms against persons connected with the dispute.
However, the law firm alleged that a letter dated May 23, 2026, emanating from the Ogun State Ministry of Justice, sought to halt what it described as a “parallel investigation” into the matter.
It argued that such action could impede investigations into serious criminal complaints already lodged before the police.
In the letter, the solicitors insisted that neither Gbenga Ibuoye Nigeria Limited nor its employees had been declared land grabbers by any court.
“Our client’s staff are no land grabbers and no court in the land has found them to be land grabbers,” the letter stated.
The lawyer further informed the Attorney-General that the Registered Trustees of World Mission Agency had sought leave to appeal the interlocutory injunction granted by Justice Adebayo.
However, according to the letter, both the application for leave to appeal and a separate application seeking to restrain the company from operating on the disputed land were struck out by the court on May 11, 2026.
The solicitors said Justice Adebayo described the applications as a “mere waste of time.”
The letter also referred to an earlier suit, HCT/384/2021, filed by the Registered Trustees of World Mission Agency against Gbenga Ibuoye Nigeria Limited and another party.
According to the law firm, Justice O.O.B. Sobowale struck out the matter on May 28, 2025, after ruling that it constituted an abuse of court process.
The solicitors urged the Attorney-General, as the state’s chief law officer, to direct the Ogun State Task Force on Illegalities and the Registered Trustees of World Mission Agency, popularly known as Winners’ Chapel International, to comply with subsisting court orders and allow law enforcement agencies to carry out their duties without interference.
Copies of the letter were also sent to Governor Dapo Abiodun, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Intelligence Department (FID), DIG Mohammed Usaini Gumel, and the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, FID, DIG Zachariah Fera Achinyan.
