Sealed property not mine, says ex-Lagos deputy governor
Former Lagos State Deputy Governor Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire has refuted claims of an Ikoyi, Lagos property, which some publications recently said belongs to her.
In a statement yesterday, she said: “I am not the owner of the property on the said location and neither do I have any link whatsoever with the property.
“The publication was done maliciously and in bad taste; the authors could have simply contacted me or The Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development to confirm the veracity of the claim that I am the owner of the building before going ahead to publish it.”
She condemned the publications for not getting its facts right, saying: “It is indeed a smack of journalistic laziness that the ownership of a building could be foisted on me simply because its owner named it ‘Adejoke Court’ as if I am the only Adejoke in the world.”
Aside publishing the disclaimer, Mrs Orelope-Adefulire said that the “false publication” had caused her “undue embarrassment”, adding that she would be taking legal actions.
