President Obasanjo Denies Involvement in Abuja Estate Deal, Writes IG of Police
Nigeria’s former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed allegations by a Ghanaian businessman, Sam Jonah that the 501 Hectares of land housing the River Park Estate, Abuja was allocated to him by the former President.
Obasanjo in a letter written to the Inspector General of Police and dated July 10, 2025 clarified that himself or his government never made such allocation.
Earlier, the IGP had in a letter dated July 4, 2025, requested the former President to confirm whether the claim by Sam Jonah, that he (Obasanjo) allocated 501 hectares of land to him for the purpose of developing River Park Estate was true or false.
The Ghanaian had in a petition addressed to the IGP insisted that the land was allocated to him by former President Obasanjo for the purposes of developing one of the biggest private estates in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) located in the Lugbe, Airport Road axis of Abuja.
In his rejoinder letter, however, President Obasanjo stated that, “ that the claim of Sam Jonah that I invited him to allocate 501 hectares of land to him or his company or one single plot of land for that matter is absolutely untrue, fictitious, misleading and libelous.”
The estate has been disputed for a long time prompting the police authorities to carry out a “forensic investigation” into the right ownership of the estate, the police after a discreet investigation released its forensic report dated November 29, 2024, and a final report dated 27th June, 2025.
Feelers from the police indicate that based on the investigation report, Jonah and two other Ghanaians, namely – Kojo Ansah and Victor Quainoo – as well as an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Abu Arome – have been slated for arraignment before Justice Modupe-Osho Adebiyi of High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, over their alleged complicity in the forgery of company document files at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Abuja
The Ghanaian and his alleged accomplices are set to be arraigned alongside a company, Mobus Property Nigeria Ltd for forgery in a bid to illegally takeover Houses for Africa Nigeria Ltd, Jonahcapital Nigeria Ltd and also assume ownership control of River Park Estate Abuja.
Police alleged that while the response of former President Obasanjo was being awaited on the disputed land matter, an Abuja lawyer, Abu Arome, falsely claimed in the media that the Inspector General of Police had ordered fresh investigation into an already concluded investigation.
The claim and counter claim on the estate land dispute prompted police to file a I26-count charge against those found culpable for the forgery of company documents and filing same at the CAC Abuja.
The charge by the police was signed by one Isa Garba, prosecuting counsel in the Legal Department of the Force Headquarters in Abuja, and marked CR/402/2025.
In the charge, the IGP alleged that the accused persons had illegally increased the company’s share capital and allocated 99 million shares to themselves using falsified documents and forged signatures and also falsely presenting themselves as Nigerian ‘citizens to the Corporate Affairs Commission to facilitate their alleged fraudulent activities.
In a bid to prove its case of fraud, forgery, impersonation and others against the defendants, the police listed several exhibits in the charge.
Also attached to the charge are copies of final police investigation report and statements of the defendants as well as a letter of relinquishment of 8,000,000 shares allegedly signed by John Townley Johnson.
