The sh*t is hitting the fan big-time in Sadders as the Labour Group is riven with internal disputes and the unlikely heroic figure of Steve "The Gimlet" Eling and his followers (!) are finally making a very belated stand against the corruption, incompetence and cronyism that dogged the Borough during the regime of The Late Turdmeister. Even Sandwell Labour's mouthpiece, The Wolverhampton C*ck-Suckers (aka The Express and Star) are finally having to take notice of the goings on (as are The Labour Party at national level) and in a piece yesterday they mentioned the sale of 215 High Street, Smethwick as being one of the "dodgy" land deals that have become a speciality of Sandwell Council during Jan Britton's tenure as "Chief Executive" "lol".
That property is immediately adjacent to the old Coroner's Office on Crocketts Lane which Jan Britton, Neeraj Sharma and Nick Bubalo sold at an extremely low price to SMBC employee and "colleague" Azeem Hafeez who, of course, also happens to be the son of Cllr Mahboob Hussain (who himself is in the happy position of allegedly enjoying considerable police protection because of his "work" with them in local community and security matters). I mentioned the ownership of this property a long time ago in this blog but did not pursue the matter further as no information was forthcoming but in the light of the C*ck-Sucker's article I make a fresh appeal for information.
Here are the facts. On 20th February, 2013 Cllrs Mahboob Hussain, The Gimlet (no less), Simon "Two Homes" Hackett and Roly-Poly, Rumpy-Pumpy, Rowley resolved to sell 215 High Street at an AMLD Committee meeting and, as usual, gave the job to Sharma and Bubalo. They duly sold the substantial property on or around 24th September, 2013 to one Barkat Hussain of xx Flint Green Road, Birmingham B27. The curious thing here is that the deal was financed by a registered charity which is also a limited company called The Abrahamic Foundation Limited (Abrahamic).
The trustees of Abrahamic are listed as Dr Sharul Hussain (also the sole director of the limited company) of xxx Church Lane, Handsworth; Mr Zahir Hussain (also the secretary of the limited company) seemingly formerly of xxx Church Lane, Handsworth but now of xx Vicarage Road, Smethwick; Mr Nasir Zameer Akhtar of xx Alder Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham and Mr Shakeeb Mohammed of xx Passey Road, Moseley, Birmingham. The only other person legally connected to this charity and/or the limited company was an initial subscriber, Mr Mohammed Shafi Chowdhury of xx Orson St, Leicester. Readers who haven't quite caught up yet will notice that Mr Barkat Hussain is not legally connected to the charity/company in ANY way.
It is, of course, normal practice that charities hold land in the name of some or all of the trustees or via a company but this is NOT the case here.
As at its financial year end on 30th November, 2012 Abrahamic had just £10,470 in the bank but, and my Muslim friends may again be able to help me out here, seemingly in accordance with Islamic tradition they secured a "loan" facility of at least £134,900 from "Qarz Hasanah", for the purchase of the property. They trumpeted in the relevant annual accounts - lodged with the Charity Commission:
"The greatest attainment this year was the acquiring of a property from which we can expand our services. 215 High Street, Smethwick was acquired on the 18th September, 2013."
They go on to show another "cost" in the accounts of £1,642 in respect of "freehold property". But the trustees who signed off the accounts are lying and we need to know why. The Land Registry title actually states the sale date as 24th September, 2013 but shows with 100% certainty that Sharma's Legal Department sold the land for £160,000 to Barkat Hussain and Abrahamic do NOT own the freehold. As at today's date the freehold is still owned by Barkat Hussain. The Land Registry documents DO show that Abrahamic lent Barkat Hussain the money and DO have a legal charge on the land.
I am, of course, inviting Abrahamic to confirm why they say fit to borrow money to lend on to Barkat Hussain who has no legal connection with the charity or the limited company whatsoever and why they are lying about owning the freehold in official documents.
Of course, jaundiced Sadwell watchers will recall how many members of the local Muslim community were shafted in the Sandwell Muslim Organisation debacle where a valuable freehold was also held in the name of a private individual (albeit a trustee on that occasion). One of the leading lights of the SMO was, of course, Oldbury's most celebrated amnesiac, Cllr Mahboob Hussain!
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