How Armed OP MESA Officers Allegedly Invaded Ezendigbo Palace & Abducted Family Members

Posted on March 17, 2025
MICHAEL AKINOLA 
Police operatives from the Force Criminal Investigation Department FCID, Annex, Alagbon, Lagos State, have commenced investigation on the  alleged invasion of the palace of Ezendigbo in Apapa/Iganmu by armed men of OP MESA security outfit, who allegedly abducted the family members and tied them under the bridge they converted to Barracks over issues with a married woman. 
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the married woman, identified as Iya Shola, had earlier allegedly boasted that she had a lover who is part of the OP MESA security outfit.
She was said to have contacted her lover, who mobilized about 15 armed officers and thugs with two of their vehicles with numbers 701 and 709, invaded the palace of Eze Justice Enujuba located at Ajose Street, Amukoko Roundabout, by 8pm on the fateful day having visited the palace in the day time for surveillance.
They reportedly climbed through the palace locked gate, attacked, maimed and destroyed properties including phones before they whisked away eight members of the family including the wife of Ezendigbo,Lolo Sylvia Enujuba and her 16 months old grand daughter.
Others arrested included Faith, Daniel, Deborah, Chidera, Ogochukwu and Bibian Amoh.
In the petition from the Chambers of S.T. Borlokor & Co dated 10th March, 2025 to the AIG as sighted by P.M.EXPRESS, it stated:
“CASE OF INVASION, DAMAGE AND THREAT TO LIFE TO EZE(APOSTLE) JUSTICE ENUJUBA AND FAMILY AT AJOSE STREET, ROUND-ABOUT, AMUKOKO, LAGOS.”
“We are Solicitors to one Apostle Justice Enujuba (Our Client) of Ajose Street, Amukoko Roundabout. The case of our client was that sometimes on the 28th February, 2025 he and his wife had a quarrel with lya Waslat, which was later settled amicably.”
“However, on the 4th day of March, 2025, one lya Ishola, Bisi and lya Waslat illegally called and used the Military officers from OP MESA to violently attack him and members of his family. They violently beat him, his wife and his children mercilessly even with house whip and knives. They later kidnapped his wife, children and took them to an unknown destination. They were later discovered at under bridge at ljora Agbo Malu, where they were tied with rope under the bridge with serious bruises and injuries sustained from the serious assault and physical beating which they received from the military people.”
“The officers later came back in the evening around 8:00pm on the same day and repeated the same assault, torture, battery and physical beating, they received from the military person on our client and members of his family. They even threatened to kill all of them the next time they will come and to drive home their point, they inflicted a serious machete injury on one our client’s daughter.”
“This threat has practically made our client and members of his family to live in serious and perpetual fear that they have the notion that the military people must come back to actualize their threat.”
The legal practitioners called on the AIG to quickly intervene and save the lives of Eze Justice Enujuba and members of his family.

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