How lawyer converted my Ikorodu house into factory – ACP

Assistant Commissioner of Police Ngozi Braide testified before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja regarding the alleged conversion of her Ikorodu residential property into an industrial factory by her lawyer friend, Chinwe Onuoha. Braide, who appeared as a prosecution witness, detailed the events to Justice Hakeem Oshodi. Onuoha, along with others believed to be at large, faces 12 counts of conspiracy, forgery, and uttering false documents.

Braide's friendship with Onuoha dated back to 2011, and she became close friends with the lawyer. In 2019, Onuoha called Braide in distress after being detained at a police station in Ogun State due to a landlord dispute. Braide went to her aid, paid for her bail, and later offered Onuoha temporary accommodation at her four-bedroom property in Ikorodu.

Despite the initial arrangement being for three months, it extended over a year. However, Braide eventually requested the property for her brother's family in 2021 due to insecurity in her home state. When Braide went to inspect the property in January 2022, she was shocked to find it transformed into 'Shearwater Factory,' with industrial machinery installed and workers living inside.

Onuoha, along with the others involved, is accused of forging a lease agreement dated February 12, 2018, to secure a loan from the Bank of Industry without Braide's consent.