Land documents forgery suspects’ trial rescheduled for March 4
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Tinubu, Lagos has rescheduled the trial of a land documents forgery suspect, Mujitabat Maiyegun to Wednesday, March 4. Also rescheduled for same day was
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Tinubu, Lagos has rescheduled the trial of a land documents forgery suspect, Mujitabat Maiyegun to Wednesday, March 4.
Also rescheduled for same day was the trial of Kayode Adeyemi and others at large.
The adjournment last week was due to the absence of the trial Chief Magistrate O. Olatunji who was said to be attending a conference involving members of the bench.
The defendant, Mujitabat Maiyegun, was first arraigned before the court on a three-count charge dated November 12, 2025.
The charge stated that Maiyegun and others at large, sometime in June, 2023 at Maiyegun family land, Maiyegun Village, Lekki Peninsula, with intent to defraud conspired amongst themselves to commit felony to wit: forgery and conduct likely to cause breach of public peace and thereby committed an offence.
The defendant “with others at large, on same date, time and place in the aforementioned magisterial district did forge Deed of assignment document registered as 5/5/2632 in a property located at Maiyegun Family Land, Maiyegun Village Lekki Peninsula, Lagos State belonging to Chief Cyril Okoye and thereby committed an offence.
The defendant and others at large were also said to have conducted themselves in a manner likely to cause the breach of peace by for forging deed of assignment document registered as 5/5/2632 in a property located at Maiyegun Family Land, Maiyegun Village Lekki Peninsula, Lagos State belonging to Chief Cyril Okoye and thereby committed an offence.
Maiyegun, in another charge number BG/G39/2024, was also alleged to have conspired with others at large, conducted themselves in manner likely to cause the breach of peace by illegally and forcefully entering into the property of one Chief Cyril Okoye and thereby committed an offence.
The defendant were alleged to have conducted themselves in manner likely to cause the breach of peace by illegally and forcefully entering into a plot of land belonging to one Chief Okoye Cyril and begin to carry out construction work on it with an intent to cause the breach of the peace.
They were, in addition, said to have without lawful authority did enter and occupy Chief Cyril Okoye land situated at Plot 20, Maiyegun land situated at Plot 20, Maiyegun Layout, Ologolo road, Maiyegun town in Eti-Osa Local Government area and thereby committed an offence.
The offences committed are contrary to section 411, 168(d), 81 and section 4(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State and punishable under section 4(5) of the property protection of Lagos state 2015
The offences are also punishable under sections 411, 365(3)(h), 168(d) of Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
In a sister charge sheet.marked A/66/2025, Adeyemi, alongside others at large, is facing a three count charge offence bordering on forgery, conduct likely to cause breach of peace, forging deed of assignment document registered as 5/5/2632 in a property located at Maiyegun Family land, Maiyegun Village, belonging to Chief Cyril Okoye.
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During the last sitting of the court, Chief Magistrate O.O. Olatunji had fixed the date to enable the defence, Ayodeji Adewale produce the Certified True Copy (CTC) of record of a proceedings said to be on-going against the defendant, Mujitabat Maiyegun, at an Ebute Metta Magistrates’ Court.
This was after counsel to the defendant, Ernest Ukpai, had raised objection to the arraignment of Maiyegun by the Police.
Ukpai had then told the court that the defendant was once arraigned on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 before Magistrate Tella of Court 2, Ebute Metta and that the matter was still before the court.
Chief Magistrate Olatunji then ordered the sureties of Adeyemi to ensure his presence in court at the next adjourned date.
The order followed reports that the defendant was sick and in the hospital.
But Chief Magistrate Olatunji insisted that the defendant be brought to court to answer the charges against him.
“If you have to carry him to court, carry him. The sureties must bring him to court at the next adjourned date”, the trial Chief Magistrate had ordered.
