Businessman denies NBA claim of lawyer assault, illegal detention

A 55-year-ragged businessman, Williams Raymond, has denied assaulting a attorney, Ajiki John Boluwaji, or illegally detaining one in every of his staff, Lekan Adewole, over the disappearance of his 17-year-ragged son, Adam, who has been missing for nearly two weeks.

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Gwagwalada Branch, had alleged in an on-line file that Raymond sponsored an assault on Boluwaji when the attorney went to abet a matter letter connected to the alleged unlawful detention of his client, Adewole.

The incident allegedly occurred on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, between 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. at Gudu Market Junction within the Abuja Municipal Speak Council. Per the NBA’s fable, Boluwaji used to be manhandled, forcibly detained, and had his phone seized by the assailants for the length of the bump into.

“The attackers seized Boluwaji’s phone and denied him any different to name for again,” the branch secretary, John Oluwasina Adewakun, mentioned in a public observation.

On the opposite hand, in a chat with journalists, Raymond refuted the claims, insisting that it used to be Boluwaji who caused a scene at his administrative center at Apo Market Junction in Abuja. He mentioned the attorney insulted him after he refused to straight signal the letter, insisting that his agree with attorney might presumably presumably perhaps also just restful first evaluate it.

“He used to be no longer having a leer bask in a attorney. In actuality, he wore slippers,” Raymond mentioned. “He assaulted a store owner, Itoro Dominic Robert, who came to restful the scenario.”

Raymond furthermore denied that Boluwaji’s phone used to be seized or that he used to be averted from making calls.

He added, “The letter claimed I would also just restful pay N100,000 to the attorney as his charge and one other N100,000 to the boy for shoes he allegedly misplaced. I mentioned these claims agree with been counterfeit and told him I would await my attorney’s advice. That’s when he turned unruly and commenced calling me unprintable names.”

Per Raymond, the scenario escalated out of doorways his administrative center when weird and wonderful neighbours gathered after listening to the alternate. He explained that his missing son had been left within the care of Adewole and others who agree with been subsequently taken in for police questioning, no longer on his orders nonetheless by police discretion.

“The police mentioned my son restful had contact with Adewole. My son is 17 years ragged and has never slept out of doorways the dwelling sooner than. He went missing after the Sallah birthday party,” he explained.

Raymond furthermore claimed that the particular person that allegedly assaulted the attorney used to be a passerby who has since been detained by police. “I don’t even know his title. I don’t realize why the attorney is making an strive to implicate me,” he mentioned.