Osogbo Land Dispute: JUWON Petitions NBA, Accuses Lawyer Of Forgery, Professional Misconduct

The Judiciary Watch of Nigeria (JUWON) has petitioned the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and raised serious allegations against a legal practitioner, Mr. Muyideen Adeoye Galadima.

The allegations border on land title forgery, professional misconduct, and abuse of judicial process.

JUWON alleged that Mr. Galadima forged a land title document belonging to another lawyer, now deceased, and fraudulently used it to the advantage of his clients.

The group described the alleged act as highly unethical, fraudulent, and grossly unbecoming of a legal practitioner.

 JUWON in the petition in question, a copy of which was made available to Team@orientactualmags.com alleged that the lawyer audaciously tendered the disputed document before a Federal High Court, allegedly in a bid to obtain justice ‘through the back door’ over ownership of a vast expanse of land.

This, the group noted, was done despite an existing and subsisting judgment of a competent High Court which, as far back as 1997, had reportedly ruled in favour of Madam Sinatu Adeoye.

JUWON further alleged that the matter escalated beyond the courtroom as a warehouse under construction on the disputed land was allegedly destroyed at Mr Galadima’s instigation.

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The group claimed that, emboldened by the allegedly forged document, the lawyer’s clients mobilized and carried out the demolition under the mistaken assumption that the land belonged to them.

JUWON also alleged that the Osun-based lawyer fraudulently converted a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) belonging to a legal luminary, the late Barrister Tunji Abolade, in an attempt to lay claim to judgment land on behalf of a NIPCO Filling Station, the Alare-Iyiolu family, and others.

The said NIPCO Filling Station is reportedly located beside the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Office, adjacent to the popular Biket Junction, along the Osogbo–Ikirun Road.

While instituting the action on behalf of the said petrol station and three others as his clients, Mr. Galadima was further alleged to have claimed that the late Barrister Tunji Abolade was his client—an assertion JUWON described as a desperate attempt to dispossess the judgment creditors of their lawful land.

This unhealthy development, JUWON noted, culminated in the malicious destruction of the warehouse on February 4, 2026, said to belong to one of the several allottees of the judgment creditor, the late Madam Sinatu Adeoye.

Recall that a State High Court, in a judgment delivered on February 26, 1997, affirmed the late Madam Sinatu Adeoye as the real and genuine owner of a vast expanse of land located on both sides of the Osogbo–Ikirun Road. The areas covered by the judgment include, but are not limited to, Powerline Area, Omidiran Garden, Iyana Camp, Biket Junction Area, and Ifesowapo Community, all within Osogbo.

JUWON noted that the judgment debtor did not pursue any appeal against the ruling for over 28 years, having accepted the verdict of the State High Court.

However, in Suit with docket number FHC/OS/CS/23/2026, Mr. Galadima was alleged to have attached a Certificate of Occupancy dated July 1, 1981, bearing the name of the late Barrister Tunji Abolade, as the title document for NIPCO Petrol Station, Olugbenga Aro, Latona Olaiya Tajudeen, and Waheed Raheem.

When the matter was reported at the Ota-Efun Divisional Police Station and the Zone XI Command Headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force in Osogbo, the police reportedly requested Mr. Galadima and his purported clients to produce their title documents. JUWON alleged that they were evasive in complying with the request.

 JUWON, through its Deputy National Secretary (DNS), Pastor Michael James, has urged the police to conduct a thorough and credible investigation into the alleged forgery and waste no time in pressing criminal charges against anyone found culpable.

Pastor James also called on the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to constitute an independent and unbiased panel of inquiry to investigate the allegations, noting that such an action is necessary to sanitize the association and protect the hard-earned reputation of the legal profession from disrepute-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079,  08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you