Tunde Ayeni is in the news again. The former Chairman of Skye Bank Plc. (now Polaris Bank), this time around, is in a legal battle with another supposed former mistress, a half-caste lady, Gail Fajemibola.
Ayeni, trendscopenews.com.ng scooped, has approached the court (through his property company) to retrieve a plush apartment in Banana Island Lagos from Fajemibola.
This is coming amidst an ongoing saga involving him and Sandra Alagwu over a similar issue.
Unlike Alagwu, an Abuja-based lawyer, Fajemibola is based in Lagos and runs an interior design company, Cynosure.
The legal representatives of Olutoyi Estate Development & Services Ltd have submitted a formal petition to the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, alleging that Lagos-based socialite Gail Fajembola unlawfully converted and leased out a luxury apartment located at K9-2, Ocean Parade, Banana Island, Lagos.
In the petition dated June 13, 2025, Fajembola was accused of fraudulently taking possession of the property and leasing it to unsuspecting tenants. The petition stated that the apartment was originally granted to Ms. Fajembola strictly on compassionate grounds.
The petition further alleged that Fajembola, through her company—GIF Energy Resources Limited—rented out the apartment for over three years, receiving rental income estimated to exceed ₦100 million without the knowledge or approval of the rightful owner.
“It is important to emphasize that Ms. Gail Fajembola was initially permitted to temporarily reside in the apartment strictly on humanitarian grounds based on her pleas of homelessness at the time,” the petition read. “This act of kindness by our client was never intended to confer tenancy rights or authority to sublet.”
“Our client has uncovered a sustained fraudulent scheme perpetrated by Ms. Gail Fajembola, who, without any form of consent or authorization, leased out the aforementioned apartment,” the petition stated. “She has continuously collected rent on the said apartment for over three years, despite having no legal right, title or authority over the property. The fraudulent conversion has caused our client significant financial loss and reputational damage.”
The petition, titled “Re: Petition Against Gail Fajembola and GIF Energy Resources Limited for Fraudulent Conversion and Unauthorised Leasing of Apartment K9-2, Ocean Parade, Banana Island, Lagos”, was officially acknowledged by the Office of the Inspector General of Police on June 17, 2025.
Meanwhile, Gail Fajembola, has filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit before the Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking a perpetual injunction restraining Olutoyi Estate Development & Services Ltd, the Inspector General of Police, and four others from arresting, detaining, or harassing her in connection with a civil property dispute.
According to a 10-paragraph affidavit filed alongside the suit, the disagreement stems from a personal relationship between Fajembola and Ayeni, which began in 2016. The document, deposed to by Olawale Arowosaye, a litigation clerk at BA Law LLP, states that Ayeni allowed Fajembola to take possession of the apartment in 2016. She reportedly spent $45,792 to furnish the property and lived there until relocating to the UK in 2019.
After her relocation, Fajembola temporarily used the apartment as an Airbnb and later leased it in 2022 to Expand Global Industries Ltd for one year. She maintains that the lease was executed with Ayeni’s verbal consent.
However, following the breakdown of their relationship, Ayeni and the estate firm allegedly began pressuring her to evict the tenant and hand over the apartment. “Rather than pursue lawful eviction through the courts, the 5th and 6th respondents turned to the police to exert unlawful pressure on me, my agent, and the tenant,” Fajembola stated in her affidavit.
Fajembola told the court that she and others were summoned by the police, where they were allegedly subjected to harassment and intimidation.
In the suit filed by her counsel, Akin Apara, Fajembola is seeking multiple declarations, including that threats by the police to arrest or detain her over a private civil dispute are unconstitutional, oppressive, and a violation of her rights to dignity, liberty, and freedom of movement. She further argues that enforcing property repossession is not a statutory duty of the police.
She is asking the court for a perpetual injunction restraining the 1st to 4th respondents from further interfering with her rights, N50 million in damages for what she describes as “unlawful and unconstitutional interference” with her constitutionally guaranteed freedoms.
Credit: CityScoopNG
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