For Real Estate Players
Ogombo road in Ajah is presently in the news! There have been many enquiries since, the new UK School, Cherterhouse moved down there. The place has become one of the hottest destination for real estate developers in the last few months.
There have been huge investment on this corridors in the last few years. This road called Ogombo road is also known as Abraham Adesanya road in Ajah. Lately a lot of estates have sprung up in the axis. Abraham Adesanya road in Ajah is a new destination for many celebrities who want to live in Lekki/Ajah axis. This location is after Ilaje, Ajah roundabout.
Lately more and more property companies have moved to this axis where a plot of land is selling between 45 to 50 million naira, depending on the title of the land. Real estate companies have also developed various housing estates on the road where celebrities now buy. Some are buying in instalment or full payment. It’s relatively cheap compared to Lekki Phase1 houses. A lot of celebrities are now moving to the area to live.
A few months back a popular Yoruba King also unveiled his multi-billion naira mall which is located on Ogombo road. Ojaja Mall is a vibrant and dynamic new hub for emerging and fast growing commercial activities on the Lekki Pennisula.
The mall has a state-of-the-art structure, ample parking spaces, for a hassle-free experience with a perfect blend of shopping, leisure and entertainment. Presently, the road is gradually becoming another area of concentration for the high and mighty, either for investment or comfortable living.
What about the new Charterhouse Lagos, the first British independent school in Nigeria as well as the largest private sector investment in education in the country? This is also located on Ogombo road, making the environment more popular in the last few weeks.
The school community is self-contained and lies in Ogombo on the Lekki Peninsula, South of Mainland Lagos. The secure compound will offer the best educational facilities in Nigeria. 24-hour security ensures that our students and staff can take advantage of the amazing facilities.
The price of real estate in the axis has gone up since this development. Don’t forget that, presently, a lot will come with the school. It is going to create a new environment for business. There will be more investment in good estates in this area knowing full well that, the school will be attracting important personalities across Nigeria to the area.
Another project on this corridor is a project of Landwey Investment, one of the biggest real estate firms in Lagos. They are building a series of housing estates there. The Urban Prime estate is one of the most iconic estates on this road.
They have about 4 different housing estates there. Urban Prime 1, Urban Prime 2, Urban Prime 3, and Urban Prime 4, are all on Ogombo road.
MONTEGO GARDENS 4, is also another estate making waves on the road. The estate is situated directly on Ogombo Road, right after Abraham Adesanya Estate,Ajah, Lekki, Lagos. It’s a development designed to reflect the magical merge of a greatness and excellence in it’s architecture.
It’s design caters to modern living for residents of apartments with great Lagoon view within a serene and well secure environment quietly tucked away from all the noise and bustling of the Lagos metropolis.
For those who don’t know much about Ogombo town in Ajah. Ogombo had been in existence as far back as 1765. The man, Abiodun Ogudu, who was the founder was a great hunter. He left the war zone during the tribal war in Yorubaland, which they called “Ogun Alada”. Then, all the areas in Yorubaland that had been ceded to Dahomey were under one empire. During the tribal war, he had to leave that axis for Lagos. He passed through the creeks from Marina down to a place called Okunmopo. At Okunmopo were fishermen, but he was a hunter. So he couldn’t live with them; he had to go to a thick forest where he killed a big Elephant. He shot the elephant with his gun and as the elephant was trying to escape with the bullet wound, the elephant fell a big tree while striving for survival. The elephant fell a tree that had a big shade and that spot today is called ‘Oju Ogun’ of Ogombo.
After so many years of hunting and going round, people whom he came across kept asking where he lived. He told them he was living under a big tree called ‘Abe’gi-Gombo’ and that was how the name Ogombo came to be, according to Chief Wakili.
Ogombo community is one of the towns under Eti-Osa East Local Government. It’s a five-minute drive from the popular housing estate, Abraham Adesanya, in Ajah. The community has been in existence since 1765. Currently, real estate activities are on the rise in the community after many years of crisis. But now peace and calmness have returned to the community.
“People now live together in peace. The intervention of Senator Buruji Kashamu was instrumental to the present peace in the community”. This was revealed to City People 6 years ago when we visited the community.
Isaac Abimbade
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