Wife, brothers of Late Femi Osibona, owner of collapsed Ikoyi building, allegedly fight over his money, exotic cars

A few days after his body was recovered from the rubble, the wife and brothers of Femi Osibona, owner of the 21-storey building that collapsed in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State on Monday, November 1, are reported to be at loggerheads over his properties.

According to SaharaReporters the wife, who had just flown in from the United States, was denied access to her husband’s apartment along Mosley Road, Ikoyi Osibona’s brothers.

This was also confirmed to a correspondent of the Punch by a source who disclosed that the action was taken because of the cash and keys to an array of exotic cars lying in the apartment.

It was gathered that both sides went with Mobile Police Officers (MOPOL) to the apartment and engaged in loud altercation as a result of which the neighbours of the late Osibona locked them out of the building where the apartment is located.

A source said: “The brothers and wife of Femi Osibona are fighting over access to bank details of the deceased and keys to expensive vehicles. This is despite the fact that the man has a wife and four kids. The body is yet to be buried; they are already fighting over his property. His wife was at the site yesterday, shouting at his brothers. I think there are loads of cash in the house.

“Femi’s brothers have stopped his wife and daughter from getting into his apartment. It is such a mess that money has become the root of all this evil. The brother asked the wife to go and stay at the hotel and she claimed she has no money to go there.” 

 Another source said “The woman came to the house with MOPOL; the family also engaged the services of MOPOL. On each side, there were about twenty people shouting on one another. When it was already midnight, we chased every one of them out of the house. They were outside till midnight shouting, swearing, boasting and threatening. Instead of mourning, these people were fighting over assets. They have also engaged popular lawyer, Olisa Agbakoba, on the matter.”

The bodies of the late billionaire and his United States of America-based friend, Wale Bob-Oseni, were recovered on Thursday evening by rescue workers.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday disclosed that 42 bodies had been recovered from the site as of 6pm.

The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, also stated that six additional persons rescued from the debris had been traced to another hospital.

 He said, “They were taken to the Police Hospital in Falomo for treatment and some of them have been discharged. We have taken the full records of survivors in the incident. And this gives a total of 15 people rescued alive.

“Among the latest survivors are a 38-year-old woman, Glory Samson, Ndajor Ahmed, Yunusa Abubakar, Ajiboye Habib, Jeremiah Samson, and one man identified as Emem. While most of them sustained varying degrees of injury, Samson, 20, is said to be in a coma.”

The governor also said 49 families had filled the missing persons’ register as of Saturday morning, adding that DNA examination was being undertaken on some of the bodies difficult to be identified by their families.

“There is a sum of money that has been reserved by the state government for succour and to give for befitting burial for those who died in the incident. Families that wish to accept it are being supported for the burial arrangement. Also, survivors in hospitals have been given the financial support to help them settle and cope with challenges of feeding in the aftermath of the incident.”