'Go to court': Jigida queen Uche Ibeto hits out at Victor Giwa over property fight.
Nigerian entertainer Uche Ibeto, known as the Jigida Queen, has strongly criticised Abuja lawyer Victor Giwa. She told him to "face his trial in court and stop trying to trick the public with media lies."
Her comments came after Victor Giwa shared a video claiming the FCT Judiciary and the Nigeria Police Force were unfairly targeting him. Ibeto dismissed his claims as "cheap propaganda" designed to avoid justice.
She confirmed she is closely watching the criminal cases in the FCT where Victor Giwa and his colleague, Cecil Ezem Osakwe, are on trial. They face charges including alleged forgery, illegal eviction, impersonation, and criminal damage in a case concerning Asabe Waziri. Ibeto called the prosecution effort encouraging and expressed support for Ms Waziri.
"I salute the courage of Asabe Waziri for standing up to bullies,” she said. “I understand your pains because I went through the same ordeal in their hands. I stand firmly with you."
Ibeto thanked the Inspector General of Police and the AIG Legal for their excellent work and asked them to give the same level of attention to the complaints she filed in August.
Her latest statement focuses again on her long-running disagreement over her late mother, Esther Ibeto's, one-storey house in Surulere. She explained that her mother died in 2013 without a will. Although her two older sisters were given letters of administration, Ibeto says these only covered personal belongings, not the house itself. She stressed that she lived in the building for decades and still holds the original ownership papers.
She claims she knew nothing about any sale or legal case until a court ruling was made on July 10, 2025, which favoured the buyer, Cecil Ezem Osakwe. She alleged that this judgment was "fraudulently obtained" through people pretending to be her, fake documents, incorrect legal notices, and suspicious paperwork. She also pointed out that neither she nor any tenant was included in the lawsuit.
Ibeto recalled that on August 15, she was forcibly removed from the house at dawn by police officers, thugs, and court bailiffs who claimed they were enforcing the judgment. She accused Victor Giwa of leading the operation, saying she was harassed and thrown out while wearing her night clothes. She claimed her possessions, valued at over half a billion naira, were stolen or destroyed, and that building work started immediately after she was removed. She added that on the day of the eviction, one of her sisters denied ever being involved in any sale or lawsuit.
Furthermore, she listed several reasons why she believes the judgment was wrong and rushed. These included sale documents that were not dated, court filings that she claims were prepared for both sides by the same legal team, a failure to properly inform one of the defendants, and a land registry search that linked the court's documents to a completely different property in Alimosho.
Ibeto also claimed that her complaint to the Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos stopped progressing because of interference from a senior officer connected to one of the defendants. She said this interference made those behind the eviction bolder, leading to repeated break-ins at the property despite police warnings.
She appealed to the Lagos State Government, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, the Inspector General of Police, the Attorney General, the National Assembly, and the Nigerian Bar Association to make sure her complaints and the related prosecutions continue without being blocked.
"Victor Giwa should face his trial in a court of law, not in the media. He is not above the law,” she said, urging the public not to be swayed by what she described as his “campaign of calumny."
She said justice must prevail not only for her but for others making similar allegations. She added that since the eviction she has been “perching from place to place,” and that her health has worsened.
“At my age, I need to return to my home and resume my life,” she said. “I thank my fans, the Nigerian Police and the media for standing by me."
The family dispute has also continued to attract attention. In earlier reports, Ibeto claimed that her older sister, Laura Okoh, worked with a court official to forcibly kick her out of the home she had shared with their mother for over 50 years. Her family, however, denied these claims, calling them false and misleading.
Previous reports also showed that Ibeto, represented by her lawyer Onwubualili Sylvester, filed a formal complaint with the Lagos Chief Judge and the AIG Zone 2. In this complaint, she insisted the court judgment that gave the house to Cecil Ezem Osakwe was achieved through faked documents and false sworn statements.
