Group Drags OSGOF To ICPC Over Alleged Corruption

The Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights (CASER) has petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), looking for an investigation into alleged abuse of workplace, and diversion of public assets by the Surveyor-General of the Federation, Surveyor Abdulganiyu Adebomehin, and different officers.

The petition, dated October 14, 2026, and acknowledged by ICPC on October 16, was signed by CASER’s Executive Director, Frank Tietie.

CASER alleged that navy and police personnel, accompanied by civilian brokers performing below the Surveyor-General’s authority, entered Plots 5, 6, 7 and eight, Maiyegun Tourism Zone, Lekki Peninsula Scheme II, on August 15, 2026.

According to the petition made obtainable to journalists in Abuja on Thursday, OSGOF’s personnel allegedly eliminated the signboard of BraveMatt Property and Investment Limited, which occupies and claims the property, positioned two 40-foot delivery containers on the location and threatened employees with deadly power.

The group alleged that the intervention by the Surveyor-General superior personal industrial pursuits by way of the deployment of federal personnel, autos and different assets.

CASER cited a proper response dated September 1, 2026, signed by Amali Ati on behalf of the Surveyor-General, which it claimed acknowledged that OSGOF’s intervention adopted representations by Industrial and General Insurance Limited asserting claims on behalf of 44 Hospitality Limited, variously recognized as Four H Limited or 4H Nigeria Limited.

“OSGOF has no statutory power to function as a debt or land recovery agency, nor does it have legal authority to deploy armed personnel or engage in self-help,” the petition claimed.

The group contended that deploying state assets to dispossess one personal entity for one more’s profit raised critical grounds for investigating suspected corrupt benefit below Section 19 of the ICPC Act.

Invoking the fee’s investigative mandate below Section 6, CASER requested a direct investigation into the conduct of the Surveyor-General, and different officers concerned.

It additionally sought an audit of OSGOF’s monetary and operational information, together with task-force authorisations, safety requests, automobile logbooks and expenditure approvals.

The group requested ICPC to query administrators and representatives of Industrial and General Insurance Limited and 44 Hospitality Limited to ascertain whether or not advantages, inducements or improper preparations have been prolonged to officers.

It additional requested financial institution information and monetary intelligence to hint any direct or oblique funds, gratification or logistical funding between the personal claimants and OSGOF officers, alongside prosecution the place proof establishes offences.

CASER acknowledged that the underlying boundary and possession dispute was pending earlier than the Lagos State High Court and that neither it nor OSGOF was a celebration.