Save us from land grabbers, Aiyeteju community urges Fashola!
The people of Aiyeteju village in Ibeju Lekki Local Government Development Area of Lagos State, have cried out over incessant invasion of the village by some suspected land grabbers in the past four years.
The hoodlums were allegedly being sponsored by some powerful politicians in the state, who appeared untouchable by the state government and who were also accused of aiding the crime of unlawful possession of dangerous weapons which included guns, live ammunition, cutlasses and charms that were used to harm innocent land owners who were not prepare to let go of their landed property unjustifiably in the village.
Speaking on behalf of the people, was the traditional ruler of the village, Chief Taiwo Oyafunke, who told Community News during the week in Lagos, that in the bid to stop him from assisting his subjects in fighting their their cause, several criminal cases had been reported against him at various police stations across the state.
Oyafunke noted that amongst the spurious charges levelled against him was a case of kidnapping by some faceless people, whom he said were prepared to dispossess his subjects of their landed property.
The village chief stressed that the decision by his detractors to make false allegations against him by the suspected land grabbers was meant to derail him and his community members from resisting the land grabbers, who the state government had found difficult to prosecute despite alleged proven cases against the perceived “powerful suspects”.
The traditional ruler said “about 120 hectres of land belonging to this village, have been unjustifiably excised by the Lagos State government since the reign of fomer military adminstrator, Retd. Vice Admiral Mike Okhai Akhigbe, whereas, they only promised at the period, to use 15 hectres of the land “.
He, however, prayed that God should touch the hearts of the leadership of the incumbent civilian administration in the state to be able to adequately pay his community compensation for the large portion of land so far taken or excised unjustifiably from the village.
Chief Oyafunke also disclosed that another major challenge facing his community was epileptic power supply, stating that, as I am speaking with you, we have no light because our transformer can no longer serve us. Also, we do not also have good road network in a community that can boast of over 100 and well over 2000 eligible voters.
Source: Nigerian Tribune
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