A serving Police Officer, Inspector Ifeanyi Onyekwere, who is attached to Strike Force Squad at Zone 2 Command in Lagos, has landed in trouble over his conduct by allegedly planning with a notorious land grabber, Akeem Ajakaye, to assassinate the land owner, Kolawole Oluakamo, in order to take over his land.
P.M.EXPRESS reports thus, the Inspector General of Police through the office of Public Complaint Unit, Force Headquarters in Abuja, has summoned Inspector Ifeanyi Onyekwere for his alleged conduct against the complainant.
The incident happened at the four plots of land located at Ijagemo Road, Tailor Bus-stop, Ijagemo area in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State, valued at over ₦40m belonging to Mrs. Ibiyemi Iyabode, owner of Super Star School. She was said to have acquired the plots several years ago for school hostel.
The victim, Kolawole Oluakamo, is currently lying critically ill at an. undisclosed hospital, where the Doctors are battling to save his life over the bloody attack by the perpetrators, Inspector Ifeanyi Onyekwere, Akeem Ajakaye and others now at large.
Trouble was said to have started over little effort to protect the family’s property in the Ojo area of Lagos by
the victim, Oluakamo, after Inspector Ifeanyi allegedly conspired with Ajakaye to take two plots of land.
They were alleged to have attacked the victim, Oluakamo, using dangerous weapons with the intent to kill him knowing fully that the owner, Mrs. Ibiyemi, is abroad.
The victim, Mr. Oluakamo, recounting his harrowing experience pleaded passionately with the Inspector General of Police and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to save his life.
“I am crying out because I don’t know what else to do. A Police officer, who is supposed to protect me, has threatened to kill me over my own land,” he said displaying copies of his title documents and a Letter of Attorney authorising him to manage the property on behalf of his elder sister, who resides abroad.
The visibly distressed victim also displayed gory and graphic photographs showing him badly manhandled and brutalised, with severe injuries allegedly inflicted by the same Police officer.
Apart from attempting to kill the victim, Inspector Ifeanyi Onyekwere and Akeem Ajakaye destroyed the foundation and started using the blocks and iron to build on the same land.
According to Oluakamo, the land — four plots, has been under his lawful care for more than ten years without any issues. Trouble began earlier this year when one Inspector Ifeanyi Onyekwene, a serving officer with Zone 2 Command, allegedly bought the same land and teamed up with some land thugs (“omo onile”) and local family heads to seize the property by force.
“I have managed this land peacefully for about 15 years. But since Inspector Ifeanyi came into the picture earlier in 2025, my life has been under threat. I was shot at but narrowly missed, beaten severely, and warned never to come near the land again,” the victim said, his voice trembling.
He alleged that the family head, Mr. Akeem Ajakaye, conspired with the Police officer and hired thugs to eliminate him. The attacks, he claimed, reached a terrifying peak on 23rd September, 2025, when armed men allegedly ambushed him, beat him mercilessly, and warned him to stay away from the property or face death.
“Unknown to me that my assailant is a serving Police officer at Zone 2 Command, I went to lodge a complaint, but instead of justice, I met intimidation. Because officers at Zone 2 showed care having seen my evidence, Inspector Ifeanyi quickly hijacked the case, the same one that involved him and transferred it to Force Headquarters Annex, Kam Salem, while the investigation was still ongoing. Police officers at Kam Salem, especially one officer, Obi Stanley, acted like they were protecting their colleague. They seized my phone, deleted recorded evidence and threatened to lock me up after a heated argument with my lawyer,” he alleged.
“Having battered me badly, Ifeanyi has insisted on killing me over the land and he is after my life. I can’t sleep in my house again. We bought this land and did all title documents almost 20 years ago only for the power-drunk Police officer, who said he bought the land in 2025, to be intimidating me because he is a Policeman,” he noted.
In response, the Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR) condemned the incident as a gross abuse of Police authority, warning that such impunity could spark broader unrest if left unchecked.
Comrade Alex Omotehinse, President of CHSR, described the case as “not merely a land dispute but a violent assault on justice, life, and human dignity”.
“It is outrageous and unacceptable that a serving Police officer would be involved in land grabbing or use his uniform to intimidate citizens,” Omotehinse said.
Omotehinse, who labelled the case an “attempted murder,” called for an independent investigation and the immediate suspension of Inspector Ifeanyi Onyekwene, pending the outcome of a thorough probe.
Reacting to the incident, the spokesperson for Zone 2 Command CSP Ayuba Umma, confirmed the case and noted that the officer involved is currently under investigation.
“The concerned Police officer, Inspector Ifeanyi Onyekwene, is under investigation over this matter. We are aware and remain committed to upholding professional conduct among our officers,” Ayuba stated.
She disclosed that the officer had been invited by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2, Mr. Adegoke Fayoade, and assured that disciplinary actions would be taken where necessary.
While the investigation is ongoing at Zone 2, Inspector Ifeanyi Onyekwere is being expected to be “interviewed” by the Inspector General Police going by the signal sighted by P.M.EXPRESS.
Meanwhile findings at the Survey Department revealed that the land in question, as registered at the State Secretariat, Alausa, belongs to Mrs. Ibiyemi.