{"id":20404,"date":"2024-11-01T17:23:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T17:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=20404"},"modified":"2024-11-01T17:28:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T17:28:13","slug":"325000-fraud-scandal-lagos-socialite-and-sujimoto-ceo-sijibomi-ogundele-accused-of-swindling-client-in-luxury-property-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=20404","title":{"rendered":"$325,000 Fraud Scandal: Lagos Socialite and Sujimoto CEO Sijibomi Ogundele Accused of Swindling Client in Luxury Property Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sijibomi_Ogundele#:~:text=Sijibomi%20Ogundele%20was%20born%20in,founded%20Sujimoto%20Construction%20in%202013.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sijibomi Ogundele<\/a>, a well-known Lagos socialite and CEO of Sujimoto Homes, finds himself at the center of a $325,000 fraud scandal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Ogundele was recently detained at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npf.gov.ng\/home\/department\/3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) in Abuja<\/a>, though he has since been released on bail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The allegations, brought forward by human rights lawyer Pelumi Olajengbesi, accuse Ogundele of defrauding Kabiru Ibrahim out of $325,000. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">According to Olajengbesi, the incident dates back to November 2020, when Ogundele allegedly persuaded Ibrahim to make a down payment for a three-bedroom flat in Sujimoto\u2019s upscale Leonardo estate, valued at $750,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">In the petition, Olajengbesi detailed how Ogundele presented enticing offers and promotional materials, claiming that a 50% upfront payment would reduce the property\u2019s price to $650,000. Convinced by the offer, Ibrahim reportedly transferred $325,000, which was acknowledged by <a href=\"https:\/\/sujimotonig.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sujimoto Construction Limited<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Despite the initial transaction, Ibrahim claims he received no updates on construction or the property, raising suspicions about his investment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Police spokesperson DSP Funmi Eguaoje confirmed Ogundele\u2019s release, stating he had attended an \u201cinterview\u201d with the authorities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cThey called them in for an interview today, and now he\u2019s going home,\u201d Eguaoje explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The case continues to draw public attention as further investigations unfold.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sijibomi Ogundele, a well-known Lagos socialite and CEO of Sujimoto Homes, finds himself at the center of a $325,000 fraud scandal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9267,9268,9271,9269,9272,3658,9270],"class_list":["post-20404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-9267","tag-000-fraud-scandal","tag-client","tag-lagos-socialite","tag-luxury-property-deal","tag-sijibomi-ogundele","tag-sujimoto-ceo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20404"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20410,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20404\/revisions\/20410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}