Nigerian Equity and Justice Movement has accused the Lagos State Police Commissioner, Moshood Jimoh of compromise in the case of Nestoil where a Receiver Manager was erroneously appointed by Justice Isaac Dipeolu who is the former judge handling the case.
According to the group in a press statement sent to Our correspondent on Friday, there are established facts that both the Commissioner of Police and the Receiver Manager, Mr. Sulu Gambari are relatives.
The group said that instead of the Commissioner of Police to enforce the new Order by Justice Daniel Osiagor, he has sent more police officers to further seal the premises.
Meanwhile, the advocacy group has called on Mrs Yetunde Cardoso, the O/C of the Legal Department of the Lagos State Police Command to stop plans by the commissioner of police to bring the image of the Nigerian Police Force into disrepute.
Also, the Receiver Manager has been granting interviews to say that the new Order by Justice Daniel Osiagor is a charade and would not bind on him despite that the case is starting de novo.
This is happening just as the Deputy Chief Registrar of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State, Mr. Longs Longwa, Esq, has written the Lagos State Police Commissioner, Mr. Moshood Jimoh to enforce the order of the court which vacated all the ex parte Orders granted in the case of Nestoil by Justice Isaac Deinde Dipeolu on October 22, 2025.
Recall that following public outcries by advocacy groups, the case was transfered from Justice Dipeolu and reassigned to Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court Ikoyi Lagos State.
During the first hearing, and on the appeal of Chief Wole Olanipekun , SAN who led some Senior Advocates to the court yesterday, Justice Daniel Osiagor vacated all the Orders since the case is staring de novo.
However, Counsels to Nestoil served the court order on the Police and the DSS operatives at the business premises which was sealed last month following Justice Dipeolu’s Order, and the men of the DSS immediately complied with the Order and vacated the premises.
Investigation by Our correspondent showed that till now, the police officers at the premises have refused to obey the court order as a result of the arrangement between them and Mr. Sulu Gambari, the Receiver Manager which was appointed by Justice Dipeolu.
But yesterday, the Deputy Chief Registrar of the court wrote an official letter to the Lagos State Police Commissioner, asking him to assist in enforcing the Court Order.
A copy of the letter which was received by the Office of the Lagos State Police Commissioner yesterday , November 20, 2025 reads: “This is to forward the Order of this Honourable Court dated 20th day of November, 2025, made by Honourable Justice D.E. Osiagor for your necessary attention and action please”.
Last night, the National Justice and Equity Movement called on the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Moshood Jimoh to order his men to immediately vacate the premises of Nestoil Limited as a result of the vacation of Justice Isaac Dipeolu’s ex parte Orders by the new judge that has been assigned to preside over the case, Justice Daniel Osiagor.
The advocacy group in a press statement issued last night by its Director of Press, Mr. Larry Olembe said that the men of the Police are refusing to vacate the business premises despite that they have been served a True Certified Copy of the ruling which was pronounced by Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State.
However, the group commended operatives of the Department of States Security, DSS for obeying the Order and vacated the premises immediately they were served a copy of the ruling by Osiagor.
The advocacy group however stressed that there were reports that the police officers at the premises were acting on the instructions from the Receiver Manager which Justice Dipeolu had appointed for Nestoil two weeks ago, Abubakar Sulu Gambari .
“It was gathered that Mr. Sulu Gambari met with a top police officer in Lagos State immediately Justice Daniel Osiagor pronounced his decision on the case yesterday (name withheld) and handed over a sum of N10million to him for the police officers allocated to seal the premises to reject the court order and remain on the premises.
The group said that the presence of the police at the premises despite that they have been served the court order to vacate is constituting nuisance in the area.
“Recall that immediately the new judge vacated the ex parte Orders of Justice Isaac Deinde Dipeolu this afternoon, the Receiver Manager, Mr. Sulu Gambari issued a statement where he tried to brainwash the public with a false narrative by saying that the assets of the company continue to remain in receivership.
“We are calling the Lagos State Police Commissioner, Mr. Moshood Jimoh to respect the court order and immediately order his men to vacate the Nestoil business premises since they have been served a copy of the judgement.
“We are also calling on the Police Commissioner to also investigate the N10m which Sulu Gambari gave to the police officers mounted at the business premises and also force them to explain what the funds were meant for. If they deny, we will do the public a favour by releasing details of the bribery to the media” the group said..
On October 22, a federal high court in Lagos issued an order of Mareva authorising First Trustees and its subsidiary, FBNQuest Merchant Bank, to take over Nestoil’s assets.
Consequently, police and men of the DSS sealed off the company’s corporate headquarters in Victoria Island, Lagos, after a consortium of lenders placed Nestoil under receivership over a reported $1 billion debt.
But after a petition from the Counsel of Nestoil Limited, the case was transfered from Justice Dipeolu and reassigned to Justice Daniel Osiagor who today set aside the ex-parte orders which were granted on October 22 after listening to Chief Wole Olanipekun who led other Senior Advocatye to the hearing.
