A Lagos spare parts dealer, Elebesusunu Igbeyinadun, alleges that Brickwall Global Investment Limited, led by Uche Ahubelem, failed to allocate land or refund over N1.3 million paid for plots in Ogun and Anambra states since 2018, despite full payments

A Lagos-based spare parts dealer, identified by the pseudonym Elebesusunu Igbeyinadun, is accusing Brickwall Global Investment Limited, owned by Uche Ahubelem, of defrauding him of over N1.3 million in land acquisition deals stretching back to 2015.

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Igbeyinadun claims he has neither been allocated the plots he paid for nor received a refund, despite multiple requests over several years.

Igbeyinadun detailed to FIJ that he paid N870,000 to Brickwall Global Investment in 2018 for a plot of land located in Agbara, Ogun State. Seven years later, he states he is yet to receive the promised allocation.

Further to this, between 2015 and 2019, Igbeyinadun made part payments amounting to N470,000 for two additional plots in Isiagu-Awka and Igbariam, Anambra State, also to Brickwall Global Investment.

These plots, too, remain unallocated, and his funds unrefunded.

The victim explained that he initially learned about Brickwall in 2015, when the company’s marketers extensively promoted “affordable plots of land” around Alaba Market in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area.

He was swayed by the fact that many acquaintances were also buying from the company and the flexibility of instalment payment options.

However, a critical undisclosed condition emerged: each plot purportedly required an additional N150,000 ‘developmental fee’ before allocation.

Igbeyinadun claimed Brickwall had initially assured him this fee would only be necessary when he was ready to commence construction.

Brickwall hadn’t even allocated the one plot I paid for in Ogun State. How could I have paid a development levy?

“Once I understood their terms, I started making payments for a plot at Agbara — the location they had advertised.

After paying about 90 per cent of the cost, the company’s agent redirected me to plots at Igbariam and Isiagu-Awka, so I began paying for those too.

But the problems started when I asked to see what I had been paying for,” Igbeyinadun recounted to FIJ.

He recounted repeated failed attempts to visit the Agbara site in 2018, with both the company and his assigned agent evading his requests. Visits to Brickwall’s offices in Alaba and Ikeja reportedly found them deserted.

Igbeyinadun also shared a peculiar excuse offered by a site manager: “At one point, a site manager told me allocation had not commenced because there were reptiles on the land.

I didn’t believe that story, so I began demanding a refund.” He alleged facing intimidation tactics but stood his ground.

Eventually, after threatening arrest, his account officer confessed to “serious internal problems” within Brickwall. Igbeyinadun later learned that the company only resumed land allocations after a court order compelled them to do so.

His direct confrontation with Uche Ahubelem, the CEO of Brickwall, proved fruitless. Ahubelem’s first question to him was about the N150,000 development levy.

“I was shocked. Brickwall hadn’t even allocated the one plot I paid for in Ogun State. How could I have paid a development levy?

I showed him my payment receipts, but when I insisted that I must be allocated land before paying any levy, he shouted at me and told me not to bother him again,” Igbeyinadun lamented.

Having realised the severity of the situation, Igbeyinadun formally requested a refund in 2018. However, since then, Brickwall has neither processed his refund nor allocated any of the plots for which he made payments.

FIJ contacted Uche Ahubelem, the CEO of Brickwall, on Wednesday. While he requested the affected customer’s details via WhatsApp, which FIJ provided, he had not responded at press time.