The invitation was conveyed in a letter dated October 16,
2025 and signed by Yahaya Gambo, assistant commissioner of police, monitoring
and mentoring unit, for the assistant inspector general of police, zone 7,
police headquarters, Abuja.

The letter, shared with TheCable, stated that Ogundele
failed to honour a previous invitation scheduled for September 29, 2025.

Ogundele, the CEO of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited,
was also asked to appear before the assistant inspector-general of police on
October 20, 2025.

The police warned that his “failure to respond to lawful
police invitation constitutes deliberate obstruction of investigation and
contempt for constituted authority,” contrary to existing laws.

“Your failure to respond to lawful Police Invitation
constitutes deliberate obstruction of investigation and contempt for
constituted authority, contrary to the Police Act, 2020 and the Administration
of Criminal Justice Act, 2015,” the letter reads.

The invitation follows a petition written against Ogundele
by lawyer Ayokunle Erin on behalf of his client Olatokunbo Cole.

THE PETITION

In the petition dated August 18, 2025, Erin alleged that
sometime in 2020, his client was approached by Ogundele to sell a one unit
three-bedroom flat at an estate known as “Leonardo by Sujimoto Luxury
Apartments”.

The lawyer said Ogundele advertised the property to Cole
“with false promises that the said property could be resold at a higher value”.

Erin said the property was advertised at the price of
$594,474, adding that Cole was issued an offer letter “with the flexible option
of paying 90% of the purchase price and balance up the 10% upon completion of
the said property”.

The lawyer said Cole completed 90 percent of the property
cost amounting to $556,000 on April 24, 2022.

He said when Cole demanded an explanation, Ogundele
allegedly offered him a different project instead of addressing the delays.

“Following the payments of the above sum, Our client
expected significant construction progress and reached out to Mr. Sijibomi
Ogundele and Sujimoto Construction Limited for updates on the construction,”
the petition reads.

“However, no meaningful feedback was given and our client
decided to visit the said site for the project.

“Unfortunately, Our client’s visit was greeted with
disappointment as there was no ongoing development on the said site as
presented by Mr. Sijibomi Ogundele and Sujimoto Construction Limited.

“Our client immediately reached out to the Mr. Sijibomi
demanding explanations for the undue delays in the construction despite making
payment as agreed.

“However, Mr. Sijibomi Ogundele and Sujimoto Construction
Limited, instead of providing explanation for the delay, presented and offered
Our client another construction project called The Lucrezia by Sujimoto and
urged Our client to opt for the said project claiming same has a better
potential that will yield greater returns on investment for Our client.”

The lawyer said Ogundele “asked the client to pay the
discounted price of $2 million for the ‘Lucrezia’ project”.

“Our client at this point, reiterated his concerns for the
Leonardo project he had paid for and the unfortunate lack of progress,
expressing his worries as to the viability of the second project,” it added.

“Mr. Sijibomi further assured Our client on the delivery of
the said project and convinced him on making investments into the new project
and the prospects of significant returns on investment. However, Our client
declined investment in the second project owing to suspicion of fraud.

“Following Our client’s refusal to proceed with Mr.
Sijibomi’s offer to invest in another fabricated construction project, the Mr.
Sijibomi has since become incommunicado.

“Given this unfortunate happenstance, Our client came to the
unfortunate realization that there was no such project underway ab initio, and
that the money paid by Our client had been obtained from him under the false
pretence of a purported construction project by Mr. Sijibomi Ogundele and
Sujimoto Construction Limited.

“That Mr. Sijibomi Ogundele and Sujimoto Construction
Limited intended to defraud Our client from inception having misrepresented
themselves as estate developers, representing brochure of the purported project
and even issued documents to induce Our client to pay the said sum above with
the intention defraud our client.”

PREVIOUS CASE

This is not the first legal issue for Ogundele.

In September, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) declared him wanted over alleged “diversion of funds and money
laundering”.

In a social media video following the EFCC’s declaration,
Ogundele argued that he was neither a “thief nor a fugitive,” attributing the
case to a project between his company and the Enugu State government.

In response, the Enugu government accused the businessman of
defrauding the state of N5.7 billion.

The government alleged that Ogundele disappeared after
receiving funds for the construction of 22 smart green schools across the
state.