Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome, the Veteran Nigerian comedian popularly known as Ali Baba has reportedly been evicted from his Victoria Island property in Lagos State.
TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reports that the 60-year-old comedian was evicted alongside his company, XQZMOI TV, after a writ of possession signed by the Federal High Court on August 15, 2025.
In 2021, the federal government had sold the property to Ali Baba for N220 million through the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON.
According to AMCON, the property was sold to recover the debts allegedly owed by Harold Expansion Industries Nigeria Limited.
However, in a new twist of event, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, in his ruling on July 31, 2025, dismissed AMCON’s case, noting that 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.
It was gathered that 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.
