Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, and Oba of Lagos, Alaiyeluwa Oba Rilwanu Akiolu I, have again warned traditional rulers in Lagos State to stay clear of land grabbing or settling disputes relating to land through the use of force.
Oba Akiolu, who is the Chairman of Lagos State Council of Obas, warned traditional rulers in the state to desist from getting themselves involved in disputes relating to land.
Oba Akiolu, also warned those dropping his name as having interest in various disputed cases relating to land to desist forthwith or face the full weight of the law.
The Lagos monarch was reacting to recent publications, especially an advertorial in a national newspaper, where some people were alleged to be dropping his name over certain disputed land in Park View Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos State.
In a related development, Governor Fashola, in a letter addressed to Oba Akiolu, entitled Incidence of land grabbing in Lagos, called on the monarch to “quickly address this emerging trend with a view of nipping it in the bud promptly.”
Fashola, in the letter, said his attention had been drawn to the high incidence of armed land grabbing and attempts to settle disputes relating to land through the use of machetes and other dangerous weapons in various committees in the state.
He said: “I am, therefore writing to enlist your support to urgently convene a meeting in collaboration with the ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and all Obas in the state, the Commissioner for Rural Development, Permanent Secretary, Lands Bureau, all local Government Chairmen and Chairmen of community Development Authorities.”
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