Land grabbing: Real Estate firm begs Lagos AG, police for help

A real estate firm, Winhomes Global Services Limited has appealed to the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) to come to its rescue and save it from the tentacles of land grabbers and their activities on its land located at Okun Ajah village in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state.

The firm’s lawyer, Mr Bolanle Olugbani, had in a letter of petition, alleged that Charles Oghor and Andrew Archer are using one Saheed Olukosi (a.k.a Akogun) to cause a breach of public peace and breakdown of law and order, adding that he is acting on behalf of the trustee of late Madam Efunroye Tinubu Estate, Adamakin Investment and Works Limited.

The firm claimed that it bought 17 hectares of land at Okun Ajah from the principal members of the Odewale Agbationika family of Okun Ajah and another 10 hectares of land from the Etisalat multipurpose co-operative society both covered by a Certificate of Occupancy No-69/69/200AC and governor’s consent dated May 10, 2014, respectively.

He stated that the activity of Saheed Olukosi and his cohorts is capable of destroying investor confidence in Lagos State and may lead to a breach of the public peace at Okun Ajah and a breakdown of law if not checked.

According to Olugbani, his clients were in peaceful possession of the land until a few months ago when Saheed Olukosi allegedly stormed the property company of about 25 hoodlums and forcefully took over the land while they have no court judgment in their favour nor valid or legal allocation of land from the Lagos State Government.

He maintained that Winhomes Global Services Limited is a reputable real estate company recognised both at home and abroad in the real estate business for conforming with international best practices in its real estate transactions.

He urged the Attorney General. Lagos State and AIG Zone 2, Lagos to investigate the matter and bring Saheed Olukosi, Charles Oghor and Andrew Archer and their cohorts to justice swiftly as the principal members and accredited representatives of the Odewale Agbationika family of Okun Ajah, Eti-Osa Lagos State have declared Winhomes Global Services Limited as the bonafide owner of about two hectares, which forms a part of the 17 hectares of land, which makes up Winhomes Estate, Okun Ajah.

A statement signed by Alhaji Wasiu Agbationika, Alhaji Faruk Odewale, Chief Ibrahim Lookman Odewale and Kazeem Olanrewaju Odewale urged the public to disregard series of false claims made against Winhomes Estate at Okun Ajah in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, adding that the family will take all necessary legal steps to bring all trespassers, land grabbers under whatever guise of its assigned properties to justice.

In response to the allegations, the Managing Director, Adamakin Investment and Works Limited, Akinfolabi Akindele described as untrue allegations that he purportedly sent thugs anybody on the disputed land, adding that “we have a valid court judgment on the land, so why should I send thugs to attack people. This is an attempt to tarnish my name’’.

“Such wild allegations were obviously concocted by enemies of peace and orderliness to whip up sentiments again us. We do not need thugs because we have a valid court judgment in our favour,” he said.

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