Man Allegedly Shoots Estate Agent over Ex-Wife’s Lagos Property

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A certain Ifeanyi Okpoko has been arrested by the police for allegedly shooting an estate agent, Kazeem Opagun, who had honoured an invitation to work on a property in Ajao estate area of Lagos which allegedly belongs to Okpoko’s ex-wife, Punch reports. Okpoko allegedly shot Opagun in the leg when the latter and another colleague, Lanre Aromasodu, asked him to produce the landed property documents when he met them on the site.

Okpoko reportedly had had issues with his ex-wife on the parcel of land since they divorced, and there had been threats from both parties. It was learnt that two estate agents had gone to the site last Tuesday, at about 12pm, to work on the land. The estate agents were said to have been accompanied by two policemen from the Zone 2 Command, Onikan, who were not in uniform because of the threats on the land.

However, while the agents were allegedly on the property located on Alhaji Lukman Atobajeun Street in Ajao Estate, Okpoko drove to the scene and was said to have demanded to know the mission of the men.

The estate agents were said to have asked Okpoko to produce the documents of the land, after which he allegedly went to his car, brought out a gun and shot at the estate agents, injuring Opagun in the leg. The policemen then reportedly arrested Okpoko and took him to the Ajao Estate Police Division, before taking him to Zone 2.
Aromasodu reportedly said Okpoko shot his colleague saying they did not have the authority to work on his ex-wife’s property. He said,

“We went to the site at about 12pm. We were contracted by Mr. Ifeanyi’s ex-wife. He met us on the site and was enraged. We asked him to produce the documents if he was the owner. Instead, he brought out a rifle.
I was his target. I was the one who told him to produce his documents. The policemen with us also showed him their identity cards. He said we did not have the authority to work on his ex-wife’s property; he shot my partner in the leg.”

Another witness, who declined identification, said Okpoko had gone to the Ajao Estate Police Division to make a report, when the policemen from Zone 2 arrested him. The unidentified witness reportedly said,

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“The suspect thought somebody was trespassing on a property that belonged to his wife. He brought out a gun instead of land documents and shot the estate agent in the legs.
Mr. Okpoko ran inside his car and headed for the police station, where the police from Zone 2, who witnessed the shooting, arrested him. A threat to life had already been reported to Zone 2. That was why the policemen came with the estate agents.”

The police reportedly are yet to recover the gun allegedly used by Okpoko. Opagun reportedly was hospitalised for three days after the shot to his leg.

The Zonal Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adebowale Lawal, asked for some time to verify the said incident before commenting.