Jet Attorneys has disowned an alleged petition to the House Committee on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking the committee’s intervention in a family dispute involving the estate of late Engr. Dr. Tanko Baba Abdullahi.
The disclaimer, signed by C. Ogalagu Esq. and made available to LEADERSHIP, followed the publication of a report alleging that persons involved in the court-supervised administration of the estate had become subjects of an EFCC investigation.
The report had purportedly been written on behalf of the “concerned sons and daughters of Late Engr. Dr. Tanko Baba Abdullahi” and alleged that the development had raised concerns over the safety of participants in the estate process and the fate of transactions being conducted under the authority of the court.
At the centre of the alleged complaint was Abdullahi, one of the heirs and an officer of the EFCC.
The purported petitioners alleged that Abdullahi’s position within the commission had been used in connection with the prolonged family dispute and asked the National Assembly to examine whether the EFCC’s investigative powers were being deployed independently or had become entangled in the inheritance disagreement.
According to the report, the dispute followed the death of Tanko Baba Abdullahi in April 2022, leaving behind properties and other assets to be shared among his beneficiaries.
Family members, traditional authorities and elders had initially attempted to resolve the administration of the estate within the family, but disagreements over the identification, valuation and distribution of the assets reportedly persisted.
The matter eventually reached the Upper Area Court, Kubwa, Abuja, through Suit No. CV/92/2024, after one of the beneficiaries sought judicial intervention.
The court subsequently assumed a supervisory role in the administration of the estate.
A court-appointed firm, Hassan and Hassan Consulting, was engaged to value the properties, while beneficiaries were given opportunities to exercise their right of first refusal before some properties were offered for sale to third parties.
The purported petitioners said they and other beneficiaries participated in the process, either personally or through their lawyers, and that a substantial number of heirs accepted the court-supervised arrangement.
The report further alleged that the court-appointed valuer and at least one purchaser later became subjects of an EFCC investigation.
It claimed that the individuals were detained, their homes searched and their phones seized for forensic examination before they were released on bail.
The purported petitioners subsequently asked the House Committee on EFCC to intervene and refer the matter to the EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede, for an impartial review.
They also urged the commission to ensure that any investigation involving the estate was based on evidence and was not influenced by competing interests among beneficiaries.
However, Jet Attorneys, in its disclaimer, denied authoring or presenting any such petition before the House Committee on EFCC.
The law firm said it was neither briefed by the purported “concerned sons and daughters of Late Engr. Dr. Tanko Baba Abdullahi” nor authorised to act on their behalf.
The disclaimer, titled “Inheritance Dispute: EFCC Mum As Heirs Raise Alarm Over Alleged Pressure,” stated that the firm’s attention had been drawn to the LEADERSHIP publication of September 24, 2026.
“Suffice it to place it on record without any equivocation that our firm did not author or present any petition before the House Committee on EFCC as published neither was our firm ever briefed by the said ‘concerned sons and daughters of Late Engr. Dr. Tanko Baba Abdullahi’ as equally published,” the firm stated.
Jet Attorneys further said the publication was made “without any form of consultation or authorization” of the firm or its client.
The firm added that its client was not a member of the family of late Tanko Baba Abdullahi and had never been involved in the family dispute.
“It is pertinent to state that the law firm of Jet Attorneys remains professional and believes in resolution of issues through the proper legal channel rather than this kind of publication,” the disclaimer stated.
The firm demanded an unreserved apology from the publishers and urged them to desist from further publications attributing the alleged petition to Jet Attorneys or its client.
It warned that any further publication of similar claims falsely attributed to the firm or its client would be addressed “at the appropriate legal forum.”