Veteran Nigerian comedian, Ali Baba, has been evicted from his Victoria Island property in Lagos state.
He was evicted alongside his company, XQZMOI TV, after a
writ of possession signed by the Federal High Court on August 15, 2025.
The property was sold to Ali Baba for N220 million by the
federal government in 2021, through the Assets Management Corporation of
Nigeria, AMCON.
AMCON claimed to have sold out the property to recover the
debts allegedly owed by Harold Expansion Industries Nigeria Limited.
Dismissing AMCON’s case, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, in
his ruling on July 31, 2025, said the corporation failed to provide evidence of
the alleged debt.
The court ordered that the property be returned to its
original owner, and also imposed a N500 million fine in damages on AMCON.
The comedian’s liability in the case came as a result of the
timing he bought the property.
Ali Baba, who was a tenant of the property’s original owner
before their eviction by AMCON, reportedly bought the property while the case
was still in court, despite an existing preservation order.
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