By Akinwale Kasali
Mobolaji Gbajabiamila, a Cousin to Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff, CoS, to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has alleged that the former Speaker of the House of Representatives is enabling political harassment against him.
He accused the former Lawmaker of being responsible for what he says is an unlawful incarceration at Ikoyi Prison.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Chieftain and political activist said he is being victimised over a series of false allegations allegedly orchestrated by the Surulere Local Government APC Chairman, Sheriff Balogun.
Series of petitions, he said, has been written by Mobolaji to President Tinubu as regards this development, but no action has been taken.
He also alleged that a sustained campaign of intimidation against him, indicating the President’s Chief of Staff has consistently asked him to “let them go” despite presenting evidence of misconduct against Local party leaders.
Speaking further, Mobolaji said in a letter dated December 10, 2025, he had written a petition which thus: “I am unlawfully held in Ikoyi Prison because I wrote an open letter to the President about my Cousin, the Chief of Staff’s support for a series of falsehoods used to imprison me.
“My life is in danger, which is why I seek the President to caution the Chief of Staff.”
In a separate petition to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, Onikan, Mobolaji demanded that Sheriff Balogun produce evidence to support his claim that Mobolaji threatened his life.
“Mr. Sheriff Balogun must provide evidence of threats to his life from me or face prosecution.
“Restriction orders, retraction publications, and appropriate redresses must follow his prosecution,” he wrote.
He further alleged that he was lured to Zone 2 and taken to court without legal representation, and now remains in prison due to bail conditions requiring a family member’s surety, a requirement he says is difficult because relatives fear the influence of the Chief of Staff.
“Everyone is afraid of the Chief of Staff”, he stated.
Narrating his ordeal,
Mobolaji said a history of alleged political exclusion and harassment, including an earlier episode in which he was remanded in Kirikiri Prison for 30 days before receiving a ‘No Case to Answer’ directive from the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP.
He also accused Kemi Ogunyemi, Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo-Olu and sister to the Chief of Staff, of helping suppress his complaints.
“Each time I prove beyond doubt and hand the evidence to Mrs. Kemi Ogunyemi… I am asked to let it go,” he claimed.
Mobolaji expressed frustration that, despite being part of the ruling Party and related to a top Presidential aide, he is being treated like an outsider.
“In reality, being treated as beggars and outcasts is the experience the Gbajabiamilas get from the siblings and camp of the Chief of Staff,” he lamented.
The detained activist invokes the President’s past ties with their father, appealing directly to President Tinubu, to come to his aide.
Referencing his late father, Alhaji Muritala Taiwo Gbajabiamila, whom he described as the President’s friend, Mobolaji urged President Tinubu to wade into the matter for the relationship he shared with their father.
He wrote, “My father… was your friend, and Your Excellency would at least expect the Chief of Staff to help his Cousins who also support the party.
“I genuinely now fear for my life as there seems to be a reluctance on the part of the AIG to proceed with the matter to court for my safety.
“Please, Your Excellency, rescue me from the evil repeated at me that has the support of the Chief of Staff.”
Mobolaji alongside Kayode Odu are named in Charge No. L/03/2026, brought before the Lagos Magisterial District on January 28, 2026, in which the Police accused the duo of conspiring to commit misdemeanors, including threats to life and conduct likely to cause breach of peace, under Sections 411, 56, and 168(d) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Denying the allegations leveled against him, Mobolaji said, “I did not threaten anyone, was not involved in any assault, and I am not a thug”.
Mobolaji has sent copies of his petition to the Inspector General of Police, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Police Affairs, the Attorney General of the Federation, the Police Service Commission, and national and state APC leaders.
He is still being held up in prison, awaiting further legal proceedings and a response to his petition.
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