*Sets Trial For Nov 24
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Chief Magistrate O.O. Olatunji of a Lagos Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Tinubu has fixed November 24, 2025 for the trial of a forgery suspect, Mujitabat Maiyegun, 71 years.
Chief Magistrate Olatunji fixed the date after granting him bail in the sum of N5 million on account of his age.
The court ordered the suspect to also provide two sureties who must be community leaders and have evidence of tax payments to the state for last three years.
The suspect was arraigned before the court on a three count charge in a charge dated November 12, 2025 by the prosecutor ASP Ishola Samuel.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Counsel to the defendant, Ernest Ukpai, leading three other defence counsels, raised objection to the arrangement of Maiyegun by the Police.
Ukpai 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.
He said the defendant had earlier been arraigned in April 2024 before Ebute Metta court 7, adding that the matter was still on-going at the court.
He said the charge before the court was same as the one filed at Ebute Metta.
The trial Chief Magistrates’ clarified that the one on trial before his court was “forgery and conduct likely to cause breach of public peace, conspiracy and forceful entry.”
Prosecuting counsel, ASP Ishola Samuel countered the defence insisting that his submission was intended to mislead the court.
ASP Samuel expressed surprise at the submission of the defence which he said was intended to mislead the court .
He told the court that the case at Ebute Metta has been struck off and that the defence has nothing to substantiate their claims before the court.
ASP Samuel further clarified that there is no matter before Court 2.
“It was when there was nobody on ground here that we went to Ebute Metta. Getting there, the court was not sitting there too.
“We file a written report on the matter and attached CTC to show that the matter was still subsisting. If not so, it would have been struck out.,” he said
Ukpai subsequently applied for bail for his client in liberal terms in the interest of justice.
The prosecution, in his response to the bail request by the defence, said he would not object to bail application for the suspect informed the court that “ this suspect absconded while matter was at court 7,Ebute Metta, it took police to inject a lot of resources to arrest him.”
He prayed the court to these fact presented by the prosecution before granting bail to the defendant who he noted that was the head of high family by virtue of age.
The Chief Magistrates’ Olatunji, after considering the submissions of counsels, granted his request and adjourned the matter to November 24.
The charge dated November 12, 2025 stated that Maiyegun and others at large, sometimes in June, 2023 at Maiyegun family land, Maiyegun Village, Lekki Peninsula, with intent to defraud 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.
The offences are punishable under sections 411, 365(3)(h), 168(d) of Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
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 entered 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.
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