Suspected land grabbers to appear before Ogun Assembly July 11

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From left: Ogun State House of Assembly Deputy Speaker, Mrs. Lateefat Ajayi; Speaker, Honourable Oludaisi Elemide; Honourable Bisi Oyedele; Majority Leader, Yusuf Sheriff and Honourable Segun Kaka while receiving protesters from over 10 community development associations at the Assembly complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta to present a petition against some individuals on alleged land grabbing activities.

Ogun State House of Assembly has invited Alhaji Mutairu Owoeye, Ademola Owoeye, Garba Owoeye, Sina Oladunjoye and Taoheed Bayo, Secretary Lasabi Family, in connection with an alleged case of forcible occupation of landed properties of some communities within 12 Community Development Associations (CDAs) at Obada-Oko, in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state.

The invitation was announced by the Chairman, House Committee on Lands and Housing, Honourable Damilola Soneye, during a joint committee meeting of the House Committees on Lands and Housing as well as Justice, Ethics and Public Petitions, shortly after the meeting attended by the petitioners led by Bode Adeaga and Hafiz Ogabi, the solicitor to Alhaji Mutairu Owoeye, held at the Assembly complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

Soneye, in company of other 10 lawmakers, stated that the invitees were expected to appear before the lawmakers On Thursday July 11 by 12 noon, failure of which the Assembly will not hesitate to declare them wanted and ask the security operatives to take further appropriate steps in line with the rule of law.

Earlier, while addressing a group of protesters from Obada-Oko in Ewekoro, at the Assembly, the Speaker, Oludaisi Elemide, noted that it had become imperative for the state government to rise up to the task of checkmating the menace of land grabbers across the state, explaining that other crimes were being committed under the guise of enforcement of court orders on landed properties.

Elemide, in a release signed by the Assembly’s Head, of Information Unit, Mr Jamiu Lawal, warned security agencies to desist from providing cover for land grabbers who hide under the guise of being land and estate developers.

He also implored heads of security formations in the state to redouble their efforts in curbing the menace of land grabbing which had been causing unwarranted tension in communities across the state.

Representatives from the communities, including the Baale Opelifa in Obada Oko, Chief Awopeju Saheed, alleged that residents of the affected communities had been experiencing cases of attacks and threats from one Mutairu Owoeye and his group on their landed property.

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