Ayoola Fadayomi A.KA. “MARD MAN” Debunks Allegations Of Land Grabbing, Cultism, Etc In Ondo, Seeks Legal Redress

Famous Ondo farmer and businessman, Ayoola Fadayomi aka “MARD MAN” has refuted recent allegations that he was involved in land grabbing, cultism, and sponsoring attacks against residents of Igba community in Ondo East LG of Ondo State or anywhere else.

Reacting to a story published by Sahara Reporters on Saturday November 22, 2025, Fadayomi in a statement on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, dismissed the claims as baseless fabrications aimed at discrediting him and destabilising the peaceful community. He further noted that the plot was politically motivated, orchestrated by a certain individual who is attempting to twist fact and mislead the unsuspecting members of the public.

Regarding the land grabbing allegation, Fadayomi equally clarified that he was not involved in any illegal sale of community land as purportedly published, instead, he accused his detractors of landgrabbing themselves to suit their selfish interest against extant rules in the state. He emphasised that the real issue lies in a protracted criminal and unlawful activities of one Ojo Ajisafe whose modus operadi is to set people up by raising false petition to the Police alleging attack on his person and raising unfounded alarm of cultism, armed robbery, attempted murder etc.

“Ojo Ajisafe usually decorates himself with what looks like blood akin to acting a Nollywood script to whip up sentiments, give false narrative, and paint a picture of machete attacks or brutal violent crime. This is what he normally present to the Police in most instances with fake MRI scan to hoodwink the Police in order to facilitate the arrest of people they marked as their enemies and take their lands, Police then will arrest these innocent ones charge them to magistrate court, and as we all know Magistrate Court doesn’t have jurisdiction to prosecute such matter but will only refer the case to DPP to take action. This may take months making those who have been wrongfully accused to languish in correctional facility in perpetuity and when their matters are finally decided at the Court Ajisafe and his sponsors will use their connections to keep them for years in the Prisons facility.

“This is their heinous plan for me too, but sadly for them, I beat them to their vicious and wicked games. This individual, Ojo Ajisafe boasts freely to the hearing of so many people that he has the backing of a wealthy and well connected personality in the country including the Inspector General of Police and other heads of security agencies in the country. It is on record that several Ondo residents have suffered this fate from the hands of Ajisafe, his ilk, backer and pay master and they have used this illicit tactic to unlawfully take people’s land illegally in Ondo State.

“I found it irresponsible for anyone to even drag my name to any land dispute in Igba community in Ondo East, I don’t have any land in that part of the state so what could have been my interest in Igba? This is a serious allegation designed to malign my personality and soil, the good name I have built for many years, and I assure them this will never work. Nigeria is governed by law and order, and no one, no matter how highly placed, is above the law, including Ojo Ajisafe and his co-treavellers.

“I have also informed our peace loving and highly revered Governor in Ondo State to help us intervene and probe this wild allegations against me without prejudice so as to prove my innocence. I have also taken a step further by informing my legal team to sue for defamation against Ojo Ajisafe for maligning and damaging my reputation. Their attack on me is totally unacceptable, irresponsible, reprehensible, and preposterous.

“I also saw in the publication where I was nicknamed, “Mad man.” This is absolutely infantile in its entirety. It is unfair and also not true, and I need to accurately set the record straight quickly. Back in the day, during my secondary school in the 90s at St. Joseph College Ondo, I was a skilful footballer, and my admirers and colleagues in school gave me the appellation “MARD MAN,” which stemmed from a popular India film during that time These facts are there and can be seamlessly verified by anyone who cares to know the truth. Responsible citizens hinge on facts and not fiction and posterity will judge everyone accordingly.

“It is also not correct that I am the Chief Security Officer to a former member of House of Representatives and a leading political figure in Ondo State, Hon. Joseph Iranola Akinlaja. I am not a member of any security agency, so in what capacity would I be serving as a CSO to Hon. Akinlaja or anyone else? This jaundiced narrative is a lie from the pit of hell and should be taken with a pinch of salt.

“Meanwhile, SaharaReporters as a watchdog should not undermine the integrity of its reporting. The platform’s commitment to balance is crucial for maintaining credibility and trust in its narratives. When people like Ojo Ajisafe presented a misleading story with libellous content, the honourable thing for SaharaReporters to do was to confirm the veracity of the story before going to press. That is what the ethics of the profession demanded and should be sacrosanct.”