Tinubu and Babajide Sanwo-Olu

A Lagos State business man and activist, Vincent Uba has appealed to President Bola Tinubu and the Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu over move by some individuals to forcefully evict him from his residence.

Uba, speaking to journalists in Lagos, said he had been subjected to series of intimidations by the so called agents in the apartment which he is currently occupying in Ilupeju, Lagos.

Uba said he had been subjected to harassment and intimidations from both the security agents and those who claim to be acting on the new owners of the said apartment.

Amid growing fears for his safety, Uba, who was the national coordinator of No Alternative to Tinubu 2023, a support group for Tinubu’s during the 2023 presidential election appealed to President Tinubu, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state and all well-meaning Nigerians to urgently intervene in what he described as a campaign of intimidation and dehumanisation allegedly orchestrated by the new owners of the property.

The Lagos businessman who had been living in the said apartment for the past 10 years said he was shock d when he received a quit notice to vacate the house within seven days.

According to him, ever since he and other tenants got the quit notice on May 13, 2025, he has not had any rest, and his business had been adversely affected.

Uba disclosed that the quit notice was irregular and poorly drafted, referring to all occupants as “tenants at will”.

“I was shocked upon reading the notice and asked why we were given only seven days instead of the legally acceptable six months.

“After the seven days elapsed, I received a Whatsapp message from the office of the AIG, zonal oracle unit zone 2 police command Onikan, Lagos.

It was an invitation for what was described as a ‘mere fact-finding exercise’. But when I got there, I was confronted with two petitions falsely accusing me of collecting rents illegally and being a nuisance,” he said.

Despite denying the allegations and providing evidence of consistent rent payments from 2015 to May 2025, Uba said he was briefly detained, and later released and asked to return to the station on June 3. At that follow-up visit, he claimed he and other tenants were given a 14-day ultimatum to vacate the premises or face the “full force of the police.

“We were coerced into signing an undertaking agreeing to vacate. Others signed out of fear, but I refused. My release was delayed because of this, and I was only let go after insisting I would rather be locked up than sign under duress,” Uba said.

According to Uba, the next phase of harassment began almost immediately as building materials were brought into the compound, obstructing access to his apartment.

Even more troubling, Uba said, was an incident on June 24, when police officers raided the compound and arrested occupants.

“Those arrested were later arraigned converting the next day in handcuffs, based on frivolous allegations of converting the building into chalets and bringing underage girls, a narrative he said was orchestrated to secure a questionable demolition permit.

“These people were paraded in handcuffs and taken to Ikoyi Prison. As I speak, two of them are still there. Innocent people. Victims of a failed system,” he lamented.

“I campaigned vigorously for this government in 2023. I would have died for it. I have prayed for its success. But now I am pleading with President Tinubu and Governor Sanwo-Olu to step in and com to our aide.”