Fresh ‘$556k fraud’: Police invite Sujimoto CEO

Olasijibomi Ogundele

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has invited Olasijibomi Ogundele, a Lagos-based businessman popularly known as Sujimoto, for questioning over allegations of “advance fee fraud and criminal misappropriation”.

The invitation was conveyed in a letter dated October 16, 2025 and signed by Yahaya Gambo, assistant commissioner of police, monitoring and mentoring unit, for the assistant inspector general of police, zone 7, police headquarters, Abuja.

The letter, shared with TheCable, stated that Ogundele failed to honour a previous invitation scheduled for September 29, 2025.Ogundele, the CEO of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited, was also asked to appear before the assistant inspector-general of police on October 20, 2025.

The police warned that his “failure to respond to lawful police invitation constitutes deliberate obstruction of investigation and contempt for constituted authority,” contrary to existing laws.

“Your failure to respond to lawful Police Invitation constitutes deliberate obstruction of investigation and contempt for constituted authority, contrary to the Police Act, 2020 and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015,” the letter reads.The invitation follows a petition written against Ogundele by lawyer Ayokunle Erin on behalf of his client Olatokunbo Cole.

THE PETITION

In the petition dated August 18, 2025, Erin alleged that sometime in 2020, his client was approached by Ogundele to sell a one unit three-bedroom flat at an estate known as “Leonardo by Sujimoto Luxury Apartments”.

The lawyer said Ogundele advertised the property to Cole “with false promises that the said property could be resold at a higher value”.

Erin said the property was advertised at the price of $594,474, adding that Cole was issued an offer letter “with the flexible option of paying 90% of the purchase price and balance up the 10% upon completion of the said property”.