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Ikoyi collapsed building: Osibona & Osinbajo are cousins – Dele Momodu

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November 7, 2021
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Dele Momodu, the publisher of Ovation International, said the late Femi Osibona, owner of Fourscore Homes and developer of the 21-storey building that collapsed in Lagos, was a cousin of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

Momodu stated this in an opinion article titled, ‘The Unsolvable Jigsaw of the Ikoyi Tragedy.’

Momodu said any mistake made by the deceased “was probably that he overstretched himself, but he was such an ambitious man, full of faith.”

He added that the deceased was an ambitious man and not the “greedy avaricious person that his traducers now suggest he is”.

Momodu said:

“I had known Femi for over 20 years in London as an extremely gifted marketer. Femi’s tongue was honey-coated, and it was impossible not to like him.

“We lost touch after I ended exile and returned to Africa, but he soon traced me to Ghana, and he came visiting. He was so happy to reunite with me. He told me how God had blessed him mightily and had made him veer into real estate in London. Femi was a genius who made stupendous gains from regenerating ghetto neighborhoods in East London. He regaled me with tales of his exploits in the property business.

“He promised to build the classiest residential apartments in Africa. He said he was out to prove there was nothing the multinational construction companies were doing that his company can’t do. I have never seen such a level of audacity, determination and tenacity. Fourscore was a visionary and a missionary when it came to seeking to excel and do as well as his international counterparts at home and abroad. He had competed in their space, in their countries before, with moderate successes and did not see any reason why he could not replicate the same and attain loftier heights in his home country.

“If he made any mistakes, it was probably that he overstretched himself, but he was such an ambitious man, full of faith. And certainly not the greedy avaricious person that his traducers now suggest he is. In our country, mistakes are never excused, forgiven or forgotten. When you fail, you’re a villain and outcast. When you succeed, you’re a hero, genius, and superstar.”

Momodu also spoke about the inquest and investigation ordered by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

He said: “It must be painstaking and thorough. Such investigations cannot last thirty days as being directed by the government; I foresee that any credible inquiry must take months of arduous diligent work. Various possibilities including negligence, sabotage and even natural or human causes such as the over-dredging occurring in that vicinity must be considered. Dead men tell no tales. They cannot defend themselves, but records and logic abound.

“Those making claims and allegations which are easily rumpled will soon be exposed. I’d known that In February 2020 the third block was at the beginning of the foundation stage and the other two blocks were merely a few storeys gone. It is interesting that nobody who had any misgivings reported such to the Regulators. I say no more, other than that it is always convenient to cast aspersions when it seems there is no potential for the reply.

“What I know is Fourscore was a self-made man who depended on no godfather. Despite being a cousin of the vice-president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, he was too proud and self-reliant to approach the vice-president or anybody else for favours of that kind. He never sought for or got any government contracts. He relied on his own ability, marketing skills and funds.”

Meanwhile, Yemi Osinbajo has also denied any connection to the collapsed building located on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, killing over 40 people, including Osibona.

•Source: PM News

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