How lawyer converted my Ikorodu house into factory – ACP

Assistant Commissioner of Police Ngozi Braide testified in the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja about her friendship with lawyer Chinwe Onuoha, who is accused of converting her Ikorodu house into a factory and fraudulently obtaining a loan from the Bank of Industry. The 12-count charges against Onuoha include conspiracy, forgery, and uttering false documents.

When Braide met Onuoha in 2011, the two quickly became close friends, with Onuoha often visiting her home and traveling with her family. In 2019, Onuoha called Braide in distress, informing her that she had been detained at a police station in Ogun State after a dispute with her landlord over eviction. Out of compassion, Braide provided Onuoha with temporary accommodation in her four-bedroom house in Ikorodu, which she had built after returning from a peacekeeping mission in Liberia in 2008.

Despite the initial agreement lasting only three months, it extended to over a year. However, the relationship deteriorated in 2021 when Braide requested the property for her brother's family. When she visited the property in January 2022, she was shocked to find it transformed into an industrial factory, with workers and their manager living inside.

Onuoha and others are currently at large, facing charges related to the alleged conspiracy, forgery, and uttering of false documents.