Lagos Residents, Group Beg SanwoOlu To Intervene in Olakitan Estate Crisis
A civil rights organization, the Save Lagos Group (SLG) has reported
the Awogboro family to Lagos State Government under the leadership of
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over illegal claimed of ownership of
Olakitan Village, popularly known as Olakitan Estate Community
Development Association in Agbado Oke-Odo LCDA, Alimosho Local
Government area of the State, after the State government had issued
Certificate of
Occupancy (C of O) to the rightful owner of the Land, the Olakitan
family dated 24th day of April,2015.
The civil rights group called for immediate intervention of the State
government on the subject matter before it escalated into the breaking
down of law and order in the community between the two families,
reinstating the call to call Awogboro family to order over the
uncontroversial Estate by the State government.
The controversy has been surrounding the land of the village with
27.324 Hectares of land (i.e. 273,240 Square metres) which the State
Government had been settled since 24th day of April, 2015 and it was
gathered that Olakitan family had occupied the land from the time
immemorial as contained in the Plan No. LAT1431/L/77 and disclosed
that Olakitan’s family bounded by the Bamigbose family to the North,
Ogunseye’s family to the East, Odo-Orojas to the West and Amosu Akin’s
family to the South.
It was added that Ogunseye’s family was secretly and illegally selling
the land to one Prince Alfred Awogboro in 1977 without the knowledge
of the Olakitan’s family which the Lagos State government has settled
through the Certificate of Occupancy No- 87/87/2015j, more
particularly delineated in the Plan No.LS/D/LKJ.3693, adding the State
government stated that ,this Certificate of Occupancy is issued
subject to the approved layout Plan No.MPP/DM/14/LP/1110 in the
Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development.
It further claimed that on the issue of possession of the land claimed
by the Awogboro’s family before the Court dated 27th March, 2015,
through a Writ of possession and the court had struck out the request
by viewing it as incompetent application, cautioning the family of
Awogboro to stop breaching the peace of the area, just as the
Government had laid the issue of ownernership of the Olakitan village
to rest through the registration Number 87At Page 87 in Volume 2015J
of the Lagos State of Nigeria Land Registry Office, Ikeja.
In a Petition Letter dated Monday 29th of March, 2021 and signed by
the Convener, Save Lagos Group (SLG), Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman
and copies were made available to newsmen on Wednesday, calling for
quick intervention of the State government on the subject matter.
The Letter was forwarded to the State Governor, the State House of
Assembly through the Speaker, Honourable Mudasiru Obasa and State
Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.
According to the Letter: “We are fervently believed that it has become
imperative since Awogboro family and its members refused to believe in
the rule of law court order/judgment and Certificate of Occupancy(C of
O).As Awogboro family is planning to metamorphose the issue into
criminal nature of contempt of Court judgment/order and State document
of Certificate of Occupancy(C of O)”.
He, therefore, alleged that Awogboro family were working round the
clock to take over the estate after their co-travelers, Ogunseye
family sold their land to Nigeria Army in the 70s.
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