The
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, recently signed a bill
into law which prescribes 25 years imprisonment or death sentence for
anyone found guilty of land grabbing.
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, recently signed a bill
into law which prescribes 25 years imprisonment or death sentence for
anyone found guilty of land grabbing.
He
signed the bill 34 days after the state House of Assembly passed it.
The law criminalises land grabbing or forceful takeover of landed
property in the state.
signed the bill 34 days after the state House of Assembly passed it.
The law criminalises land grabbing or forceful takeover of landed
property in the state.
The
bill was passed on October 11, 2016. It is titled, “H.B. No. 03/2016 – A
bill for a law to prohibit forcible entry and occupation of landed
properties, violent and fraudulent conducts in relation to landed
properties, armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and allied matters and
for other matters incidental thereto or connected therewith.”
bill was passed on October 11, 2016. It is titled, “H.B. No. 03/2016 – A
bill for a law to prohibit forcible entry and occupation of landed
properties, violent and fraudulent conducts in relation to landed
properties, armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and allied matters and
for other matters incidental thereto or connected therewith.”
According
to the law, death sentence applies when a life is or lives are lost in
such forceful takeover of land. Kidnappers also risk life sentence.
to the law, death sentence applies when a life is or lives are lost in
such forceful takeover of land. Kidnappers also risk life sentence.
However,
at the peaceful neighborhood of Isoso community, GRA Quarters, Sagamu,
Ogun state; land grabbers have been drizzling terror on the dwellers of
Sagamu and its vicinities; the community was disrupted some days ago by
hoodlums, who stormed the area as thousand residents fled their homes.
at the peaceful neighborhood of Isoso community, GRA Quarters, Sagamu,
Ogun state; land grabbers have been drizzling terror on the dwellers of
Sagamu and its vicinities; the community was disrupted some days ago by
hoodlums, who stormed the area as thousand residents fled their homes.
The
hooligans, who the residents described as land grabbers, aka
‘Omoniles,’ were said to have vandalised property worth millions of
Naira.
hooligans, who the residents described as land grabbers, aka
‘Omoniles,’ were said to have vandalised property worth millions of
Naira.
The
leader of the hoodlums, who is said to always using Special
Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) to perpetrate his forbidding land grabbing
activities was boasting he is above the law and no government can halt
his actions
leader of the hoodlums, who is said to always using Special
Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) to perpetrate his forbidding land grabbing
activities was boasting he is above the law and no government can halt
his actions
We
gathered that sometimes ago, two families had dispute over three
hectares of land, and both headed to court. At the end, both families
secured same Supreme Court judgment ceding the three hectares property
for the two families that both must be in consent whenever any of them
decides to sell out of the property.
gathered that sometimes ago, two families had dispute over three
hectares of land, and both headed to court. At the end, both families
secured same Supreme Court judgment ceding the three hectares property
for the two families that both must be in consent whenever any of them
decides to sell out of the property.
We
learnt that these same hoodlums led 200 bandits armed with
sophisticated firearms, offensive weapons, and began malicious
destruction/ demolition of houses and industries property, terrorizing
the whole community whose properties does not any way in jurisdiction of
the three hectares of land belonging to the said families.
learnt that these same hoodlums led 200 bandits armed with
sophisticated firearms, offensive weapons, and began malicious
destruction/ demolition of houses and industries property, terrorizing
the whole community whose properties does not any way in jurisdiction of
the three hectares of land belonging to the said families.
The
reporter who visited the community gathered that land grabbers were
full in operation with dangerous weapons, ready for war and already
creating panic in the community as people of Isoso GRA Quarters were
forced to have sleepless nights with horrified experience. Efforts to
get more details and move around were prevented by these mobsters as the
reporter was seriously threatened.
reporter who visited the community gathered that land grabbers were
full in operation with dangerous weapons, ready for war and already
creating panic in the community as people of Isoso GRA Quarters were
forced to have sleepless nights with horrified experience. Efforts to
get more details and move around were prevented by these mobsters as the
reporter was seriously threatened.
Presently,
these lawbreakers are currently waylaying people in the community,
raiding houses in the neighborhood, using the opportunity to perpetrate
different kind of criminal activities. Shops and Offices closed down and
no business activity because of the heavy presence of land grabbers
exhibiting their malevolent movements in the community.
these lawbreakers are currently waylaying people in the community,
raiding houses in the neighborhood, using the opportunity to perpetrate
different kind of criminal activities. Shops and Offices closed down and
no business activity because of the heavy presence of land grabbers
exhibiting their malevolent movements in the community.
The
elders of Isoso community in GRA Quarters, Sagamu, Ogun state have
cried out to Ogun state Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Police IG and
Security agencies to come to their rescue and deliver them from this
broad day light horror. Also, different petitions has been written to
Governor’s office and Inspector General of Police over the dreadful
activities of these notorious land grabbers in Ogun state and its
environs.
elders of Isoso community in GRA Quarters, Sagamu, Ogun state have
cried out to Ogun state Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Police IG and
Security agencies to come to their rescue and deliver them from this
broad day light horror. Also, different petitions has been written to
Governor’s office and Inspector General of Police over the dreadful
activities of these notorious land grabbers in Ogun state and its
environs.
