1st August, 2013
Duped Ketu house seekers have set up a blackberry group to stay in touch with one another while they try to get their money back from Salawudeen Ishola, the suspected fraudulent landlord.
The frustrated house seekers said the group is called “Ketu House Scam” and its Personal Identification Number, PIN, is 2898DCF1.
The group said anyone that was duped by the same landlord should join so that they mount a campaign to stop landlords and developers from swindling others.
The house seekers have also compiled a list of 101 names of those who were duped, adding that many others with receipts and agreement letters given to them by Ishola, are still on their way.
The amount collected from them is now around N30 million and the landlord is still being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba.
On Thursday, the duped house seekers continued to lament about the losses they have incurred.
Damola Adebunmi paid N450,000 while Balogun Omotayo paid N750,000. Oluwafemi Ogundiran, Alfa Mojeed Safiriyu and Bashorun Ganiat paid N130,000, N250,000 and N475,000 respectively. Lasisi Yaya paid N500,000 and Rueben Ben Umelogu paid N305,000. Receipts also show that Emeka Enwereji and Okeleke Stephen paid N550,000 each while Ola David Wright was made to part with N250,000.
Others such as Otule Olalekan, Agboola Olalekan and Mutiu Olorunwa paid, N300,000, N360,000 and N230,000 respectively.
The duped house seekers stormed the office of Governor Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday to seek help.
They had all paid various sums of money to rent one of the 13 flats in a house located at 59, Oriola, Alapere-Ketu, Lagos.
—Simon Ateba