Ali Baba Evicted From Lagos Property

Veteran Nigerian comedian Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome, known professionally as Ali Baba has been evicted from his Victoria Island property in Lagos State, PulseNets learnt on Friday.

The comedian and his company, XQZMOI TV, were ejected following a writ of possession obtained by the Federal High Court and signed on August 15, 2025.

According to records obtained by PulseNets, the property had originally been sold to Ali Baba in 2021 for N220 million by the federal government through the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).

AMCON maintained that the transaction was carried out to recover debts allegedly owed by Harold Expansion Industries Nigeria Limited. However, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, in a judgment delivered on July 31, 2025, dismissed the corporation’s claims, stressing that AMCON failed to provide “credible evidence of any enforceable debt.”

The court further ordered that the property be restored to its rightful owner while imposing a N500 million damages fine on AMCON for wrongful dispossession.

Legal insiders who spoke to PulseNets explained that the comedian’s liability arose mainly from the timing of the purchase. “Ali Baba had been a tenant of the original property owner before AMCON’s intervention. Unfortunately, he proceeded with the acquisition while a preservation order was already in place, and the matter was still before the court,” one source told PulseNets.

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Daily Post earlier reported that Ali Baba bought the property in the middle of the legal battle, a move that placed him at the centre of a prolonged ownership tussle.

Industry watchers told PulseNets that the ruling marks one of the most high-profile cases where Nigeria’s entertainment icons have been entangled in property disputes involving AMCON.