Ogun Invokes Anti Landgrabbing Law Against Herdsmen

Speaking further, the Secretary to the State Government disclosed that compensations would be paid to genuine victims from both sides while not opening floodgate of claims. He boasted that, the State will remain a peace place for everybody to reside, just as he added that but there are laws and rules that every stakeholder, every visitor, every herdsman, every farmer must comply with.

Hear him “All Nigerians would be welcome in Ogun State but there are laws and rules that every stakeholder, every visitor, every herdsman, every farmer must comply with. The one that is very key in the packs of local laws is what we call the land grabber law but the correct title is Prohibition of Forcible Occupation of Land and other Properties Law’.

“The council also took note that this law already provides for most of the contemporary challenges that confronts us today as far as herdsmen, settlers and farmers are concerned. Council reaffirmed government determination to continue to fully implement this law which already prohibits forcible entry on lands’, he added.

“Council decided that for us in Ogun State, we want everybody from all parts of the country and even outside but we will continue to insist that our laws be respected and obeyed. Our existing conflict resolution committee is a standing committee that has been put in place since 2012 when the crisis first arose and we’ve decided to further strengthen the committee’, the scribe said.

“Council looked at the sister issue of Boko Haram because as they are rooting them of that place (North East), they are going to all other areas for refuge and Ogun State is not exempted from the collateral damage of success in the North East’,Adeoluwa said.

Meanwhile, the State House of Assembly had last year passed the anti-land grabbing law tagged ‘Prohibition of Forcible Occupation of Landed Properties Law, 2016’ which prescribes 25 years imprisonment for any violator and death sentence in case of loss of lives.