Oba-elect raises alarm over land dispute, appeals to Lagos CP for urgent action

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The Oba-elect of Oguntedo Town successful the Ori-Ade Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Satellite Town, Lagos, Modiu Oladele Olarinde, has appealed to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, to urgently intervene successful the lingering communal situation threatening bid and information successful the community.

Speaking at the weekend, Olarinde alleged that the unrest has been fuelled by 2 sons of the precocious Yekeni Olarinde, whom helium accused of unlawfully leasing and selling assemblage onshore without his cognition oregon approval.

He further claimed that the duo had continued to lease parcels of onshore that had already been sold and allegedly utilized equipped intimidation to compel immoderate store owners to validate the disputed transactions.

According to the Oba-elect, the onshore quality has persisted for respective years and has resulted successful the nonaccomplishment of lives.

He alleged that a 20-year-old man, who was the lone lad of a widow, was killed by stray bullets reportedly fired by thugs linked to the suspects. He added that those allegedly progressive successful the incidental are presently facing proceedings connected execution charges.

Olarinde urged information agencies to instrumentality swift enactment to forestall the concern from escalating further and reconstruct lasting bid successful the community. 

“This situation is gradually getting retired of hand. It is the aforesaid struggle that claimed the beingness of our precocious monarch, Oba Babatunde Yeki...

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