Activist-lawyer Richard Adekanmi Komolafe, his wife, Susanna and
children have alleged threat to their lives by some hoodlums
suspected to be land grabbers.
They have abandoned their Mushin, Lagos home and are now in
hiding for fear of their lives.
They alleged incessant attacks by hoodlums.
Adenike, through her lawyer, Morenike Adeagbo, has approached
the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIGP) to save them from
the gun-toting hoodlums who have been tormenting them.
In a petition to the AIGP, Zone II, Onikan. Lagos, titled
“Threat to life of Mrs Komolafe, Adenike Sussanah and her
children”, they urged the Police to investigate the matter and
ensure that justice is done.
“Our client life is in danger of being killed by unknown gunmen
who have been trailing her about from her office in Mushin to her
house within the area and even outside her domain.
“Sussanah’s husband, Richard, who is a human right activist has
been fighting some mafia land grabbers in Lagos State and its
environs which at times always culminated in him instituting some
of the matters in court.”
It was gathered that trouble started for the Komolafe family
when “on January 15, 2018 Richard instituted another matter at the
Federal High Court, Lagos, suit number FHC/L/CS/2018.
“The suit was instituted like all other suits that her husband
always had to deal with.
“But this time around, the people involved are much more
powerful in the underworld business of killing without mercy,
kidnapping for ransom, random land grabbing from innocent and
rightful owners.”
The petition stated that following the filing of the suit in
court by Richard, his wife started receiving phone calls from
unknown persons.
They asked her to convince her husband to back out because the
land involved is located in the prime area of Ilupeju, Lagos where
prices of choice property are high.
“The anonymous calls came with threats of being kidnapped with
her children in order to persuade her husband from not proceeding
with the matter in court, but this did not yield any positive
result,” the petition states.
When the “suspected land grabbers” could not get Richard to
withdraw the suit, they turned on his wife and children on whom
they unleashed violence at every opportunity, in an attempt to get
her to persuade her husband to do their bidding.
When judgment was to be delivered in the matter last December,
the husband was warned not to appear in court and threatened with
violence in the event of losing the matter.
It said Richard filed complaints on the threat to his life and
that of his family at Ilupeju Police Station, seeking
protection.
Following the judgment which turned out in favour of the
claimant, “the mere and persistent phone calls made to Mrs Komolafe
later turned to physical attacks on January 19 when she was
attacked at a petrol station where she went to purchase fuel for
her car at Mushin.
“She was shot in the leg while trying to escape from the scene
and had to be treated at a hospital in the area.”
The petition stated that again on March 29, she was attacked on
her way home from office and beaten to stupor and was injured in
the mouth.
“Our client having gone underground now alongside her family
members, where she cannot be attacked, is desirous that the matter
be investigated and perpetrators brought to book,” the petition
adds.
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