- The Nigeria Police Force has summoned Sujimoto Luxury Construction CEO, Olasijibomi Ogundele, for questioning over allegations of advance fee fraud and criminal misappropriation.
- According to a police letter, Ogundele failed to honour an earlier invitation and was directed to appear before the Assistant Inspector-General of Police on October 20, 2025.
- The summons followed a petition from lawyer Ayokunle Erin, who accused Ogundele of misleading his client, Olatokunbo Cole, into paying $556,000 for a property under false promises.
The Nigeria Police Force has summoned Lagos businessman and CEO of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited, Olasijibomi Ogundele, for questioning over allegations of advance fee fraud and criminal misappropriation.
According to a letter dated October 16, 2025, signed by Assistant Commissioner of Police Yahaya Gambo on behalf of the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 7, Abuja, Ogundele failed to honour a previous invitation scheduled for September 29, 2025.
He was directed to appear before the Assistant Inspector General of Police on October 20, 2025.
The police letter warned, “Your failure to respond to lawful Police Invitation constitutes deliberate obstruction of investigation and contempt for constituted authority, contrary to the Police Act, 2020 and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015.”
The invitation followed a petition filed by lawyer Ayokunle Erin on behalf of his client, Olatokunbo Cole.
In the petition dated August 18, 2025, Erin alleged that in 2020, Ogundele approached his client to sell a three-bedroom flat at “Leonardo by Sujimoto Luxury Apartments,” claiming the property could be resold at a higher value.
“Following the payments of the above sum, Our client expected significant construction progress and reached out to Mr. Sijibomi Ogundele and Sujimoto Construction Limited for updates on the construction,” the petition reads.
“However, no meaningful feedback was given and our client decided to visit the said site for the project.
“Unfortunately, Our client’s visit was greeted with disappointment as there was no ongoing development on the said site as presented by Mr. Sijibomi Ogundele and Sujimoto Construction Limited.
“Our client immediately reached out to the Mr. Sijibomi demanding explanations for the undue delays in the construction despite making payment as agreed.
“However, Mr. Sijibomi Ogundele and Sujimoto Construction Limited, instead of providing explanation for the delay, presented and offered Our client another construction project called The Lucrezia by Sujimoto and urged Our client to opt for the said project claiming same has a better potential that will yield greater returns on investment for Our client.”
The lawyer said Ogundele “asked the client to pay the discounted price of $2 million for the ‘Lucrezia’ project”.
“Our client at this point, reiterated his concerns for the Leonardo project he had paid for and the unfortunate lack of progress, expressing his worries as to the viability of the second project,” it added.
“Mr. Sijibomi further assured Our client on the delivery of the said project and convinced him on making investments into the new project and the prospects of significant returns on investment. However, Our client declined investment in the second project owing to suspicion of fraud.
“Following Our client’s refusal to proceed with Mr. Sijibomi’s offer to invest in another fabricated construction project, the Mr. Sijibomi has since become incommunicado.
“Given this unfortunate happenstance, Our client came to the unfortunate realization that there was no such project underway ab initio, and that the money paid by Our client had been obtained from him under the false pretence of a purported construction project by Mr. Sijibomi Ogundele and Sujimoto Construction Limited.
“That Mr. Sijibomi Ogundele and Sujimoto Construction Limited intended to defraud Our client from inception having misrepresented themselves as estate developers, representing brochure of the purported project and even issued documents to induce Our client to pay the said sum above with the intention defraud our client.”
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