Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, debunked the claim by a Ghanaian businessman, Sam Jonah, that he allocated 501 hectares of land to him for the setting up of River Park Estate, Abuja.

Sir Jonah, a Knight of British Empire, and two other Ghanaians, namely Kojo Ansah and Victor Quainoo, as well as an Abuja based legal practitioner, Abu Arome, and a company, Mobus Property Nigeria Ltd., are to be arraigned before Justice Modupe-Osho Adebiyi of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, over their alleged involvement in the forgery of company documents files at the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja, in a bid to illegally takeover Houses for Africa Nigeria Ltd., Jonahcapital Nigeria Ltd., and also assume ownership control of River Park Estate, Abuja.

Obasanjo’s clarification was contained in a reply letter dated July 10, 2025 and made available to our correspondent, which he wrote to the Inspector General of Police.

The IGP had in a letter dated July 4, 2025, requested the former president to confirm whether the claim by Jonah, that he (OBJ) allocated 501 hectares of land to him for the purpose of developing River Park Estate was true or false.

Sam Jonah had claimed in a petition he wrote to the Police in the wake of the feud over ownership of River Park Estate, that Obasanjo gave him the large expanse of land housing one of Abuja’s biggest Estates.

However, acting on the petition relating to the ownership dispute of River Park Estate, Lugbe, and its affiliate companies, the Police after a discrete and thorough investigation, released its forensic report dated November 29, 2024 and a final report dated 27th June, 2025.

“The claim of Sam Jonah that I invited him to allocate 501 hectares of land to him or his company or one single plot of land for that matter is absolutely untrue, fictitious, misleading and libelous,” Obasanjo stated. (Blueprint)