By Linus Aleke, Abuja
An Abuja based estate developer Mr. Tony Okeleke, has refuted media report alleging that he was arraigned over misappropriation of N2m investment fund belonging to one Mr. Quadri Shehu.
Mr. Okeleke, debunked the allegations while interacting with select media organizations in Abuja, adding that the publication is false and misleading.
He noted that the publication was aimed at damaging his reputation and corporate integrity.
The developer explained that he has a clean record in the business world, as well as private life.
This is as the Legal Adviser, to OLASHAD COMMODITIES NIG LTD, Mr. Abubakar Ndagiman Esq. in a letter to Mr. Okeleke, further invalidated the alleged misappropriation of N2m investment fund.
The letter reads: “Our attention has been drawn to a publicatiom purported to be parading on the media stating that Mr Tony Okeleke, the MD/CEO of SEED OF HEAVEN NIG LTD is in a criminal battle with OLASHAD COMMODITIES NIG LTD.
We categorically want to state that what transpired between Mr Tony Okeleke and the MD of OLASHAD COMMODITIES NIG LTD is purely civil in nature and the misunderstanding has mutually ‘been resolved and equally the criminal matter before the Upper Area Court, Kubwa has also been resolved among the parties”.
Further disowning the media report in the said letter, Mr. Shehu’s lawyers said: “We state categorically that we at no point in time instruct anybody or person (s) to approach the media on our behalf”.
Mr. Okeleke also, explained how Quadri Shehu presented false documents to court to secure an order to tamper with his access bank account.
The developer who said that Shehu is on a mission to tarnish his image also narrated how his transducer obtained another order with false documents to harass him with police in his Abuja residence.
According to him, “Mr. Shehu, went to a customary court in Suleja, requesting payment of his money. When he could not get the court to grant his prayers, he left and went to another court, again the judge refused to grant his prayers. He now went to the colleagues of my wife whose elder brother is a judge in Tugamaji, they connived with the judge to say that he mistakenly paid money into my account and the judge granted an order, which was sent to Access bank. I was traveling on the 22nd of December 2023, and I got alert that Access bank had pulled out N2 million from my account and when I asked they said that there was an order to pull out the N2 million mistakenly paid into my account. I aborted my trip at Lokoja, and returned to Abuja to settle the matter. When I got to Abuja, they went to another court in Kubwa and got another order and then police started harassing me. When the judge moved to settle the matter, they connived with the police again and took the matter to upper area court and arranged for media coverage of the court proceedings because they are bent on destroying my corporate image”.
The property in questions was going for N15 million, how then can he turned around to claim that he invested N2 million naira.
“I only wanted to help him because he was close to my wife, but this is what he is paying me back with. This is a young man that I use to give money every now and then,” he concluded.
