Lagos Taylor Family Drags Sanwo-Olu Aides To Police Over Land Thre

Lagos Taylor Family Drags Sanwo-Olu Aides To Police Over Land Threats

A land war in Lagos has now crossed into a dangerous new phase, as the Taylor family accuses top Sanwo-Olu administration figures of threats, intimidation and abuse of power over a disputed 20.98-acre property in Abule-Egba. What began as an ownership fight is fast becoming a chilling test of power, property rights and personal safety.

Atlantic Post

May 15, 2026

2–3 minutes

Lagos, land dispute, Police Service Commission, Property rights, Sanwo-olu, Taylor Family

IKEJA, Lagos — A fierce land battle in Lagos has exploded into a high-stakes police petition, after the estate of the late E.J. Alex Kehinde Taylor accused top state officials, including the Attorney-General and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s Chief of Staff, of threats to life, intimidation and unlawful interference over a disputed 20.98-acre property in Abule-Egba.

The Taylor estate said the controversy over the land at 412/420 Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway has moved far beyond a routine ownership dispute, alleging a coordinated attempt to frighten the family into abandoning its rights without compensation.

In a petition dated March 27, 2026, and addressed to the Chairman of the Police Service Commission in Abuja, the estate asked for urgent intervention, security protection and a full criminal investigation into what it described as a pattern of threats, harassment, conspiracy and abuse of office.

Those named in the petition include Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro SAN, Chief of Staff to the Governor, Tayo Ayinde, Managing Director of LAMATA, Engr. Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo, and LAMATA’s Corporate and Legal Secretary, Mrs. Abiola Alaba Ajayi.

The petition, filed through Platinum and Taylor Hill LP, alleged that the officials and unnamed associates acted in concert with land grabbers to pressure the family into surrendering the land. It further claimed that threats were made to unlawfully arrest or abduct Segun Taylor and the family’s lawyer, Olalekan Ojo, without any lawful basis.

The estate insisted that it holds title documents dating back to 1912 and said it has continued to exercise lawful ownership over the property for more than a century. It also stated that its representatives had taken legal and administrative steps to recover the land from alleged trespassers.

According to the petition, tensions escalated during a meeting held on December 4, 2025, at the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, where the family said the Chief of Staff had facilitated discussions involving the Attorney-General, LAMATA officials, alleged land grabbers and estate representatives.

The Taylor family alleged that the Attorney-General dismissed authentic title documents and repeatedly insisted on the physical presence of Segun Taylor, Olalekan Ojo and Alhaji Adeleke Ologundudu, despite their already being represented.

The petition further alleged that the Attorney-General made a remark interpreted as a threat to “pick them up”, a statement the family said emboldened those pressing the land claim and deepened fears of state-backed intimidation.

Since that meeting, the estate claimed, access to the property has been obstructed while threats and harassment have continued. It warned that the situation could spiral further unless the police step in quickly.

The petition urged the Police Service Commission to order immediate investigation, invite all those named for questioning and provide protection for the complainants against alleged unlawful arrest, abduction or violent confrontation.

For the Taylor family, the fight is no longer just about land. It is now about power, fear and whether public office is being used to tilt a private property dispute in favour of influence and force.