Call For Justice: One Woman’s Battle Against Alleged Fraud, Police Harassment, Violence In Lagos October 27, 2025, 8:46 am A Lagos-based woman, Mary James, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, over alleged Police harassment, extortion and unlawful arrest and detention. The petition, filed by counsel, Savn Daniel (Head of Practice and Litigation), Otung, Okoho & Co. (Edodiong Chambers) was dated October 22, 2025, and acknowledged receipt on October 23, as per the copy sighted by our correspondent. When Mary James walked into a Lagos hospital on the night of October 19, 2025, she was bleeding, bruised, and barely conscious. Hours earlier, she had been beaten by men she believed were loyal to a man she once called a friend, a man she now accuses of fraud, intimidation, and conspiracy. For Mary, a soft-spoken property agent and caregiver to her ailing husband, the assault was not an isolated incident. It was the culmination of two years of relentless harassment, a spiral of deceit, abuse, and institutional betrayal that had shaken her faith in justice. “I have been beaten nearly to death, detained on false charges, and humiliated simply because I demanded what was rightfully ours,” she said from her hospital bed. “We are not criminals. We only bought a property.” Her voice trembles as she recounts the nightmare. What began as a straightforward real estate deal in 2023 has morphed into a web of forgery, police corruption, sexual coercion, and alleged cover-up of a suspicious death It began with a property at No. 26 Tolu Road, Apapa. Mary’s husband bought the house from Prince Kehinde Sulaimon Muritala Ojora, who had earlier purchased it through an intermediary, Kenneth Arhagba, a familiar face in the local real estate circle and acquaintance of the original owners, the Osazuwa family. According to Mary, Kenneth seemed trustworthy, until he wasn’t. Months later, he returned claiming Ojora was in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and urgently needed funds for bail. He persuaded the couple to “temporarily” buy back the property in a distress sale, promising to regularise ownership when Ojora was released. It was all a lie. Kenneth had forged a Contract of Sale in the name of his now late brother, Onoriode Kingsley Arhagba, tricking Mary into signing as a witness under false pretences. When Ojora regained his freedom, Kenneth blocked all contact between them. “He kept giving excuses and delays,” Mary said. “By the time we realised, the document was fake and his brother’s name was illegally inserted.” ... Instead of taking the dispute to court, Kenneth weaponised his connection within the police. Enter Inspector Geoffrey Akwo, an officer attached to the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon. Mary alleges Akwo shielded Kenneth from investigation while targeting her family. “He called us criminals, demanded sex from me, and said if I didn’t give in, he’d make sure we died in detention,” she said. Akwo’s alleged interference derailed police inquiries that had initially cleared Mary and her husband at Zone 2 Police Command, where investigators had confirmed the authenticity of their transactions. The harassment intensified in May 2025, when Akwo and his team reportedly abducted one Abayomi Tope Eletu — a friend of the couple — and detained him for two weeks, extracting ₦500,000 before coercing him to implicate Mary under duress. In a grim twist, Kenneth’s brother, whose name was purportedly on the property owner contract, died mysteriously outside Ajeromi Police Station, Ajegunle. Eyewitnesses say he collapsed during a meeting aimed at reconciliation between see more at: newnigeriannewspapers.ng/cal… @PoliceNG_CRU @PoliceNG @BenHundeyin @FCT_PoliceNG @NGRSenate @officialABAT @NGRPresident @OfficialDSSNG @Princemoye1 @hrw @UNICEF @oluremisonaiya @RemiTinubu @firstladyship @seunokin @channelstv @AIT_Online @WomenAffairs200 @FMWA_ng @wapalagos