Surveyor petitions ogun state governor over alleged landgrabbing, threat to live by traditional ruler
A Registered Surveyor Taiwo Faleti has petitioned Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun over land grabbing allegedly perpetrated by a traditional ruler, Oba Lawrence Adisa Odeyinka in Obafemi-Owode local government area of the state.
Penpushing reports that the petition comes barely few days when another traditional ruler (namewitheld) in the same local government area was arraigned in court for same allegation bothering of illegal land acquisition running into millions of naira
The complainant with the address at number 4, Leme, Abiola way, Abeokuta, in the petition filed by his lawyer Alatishe Abdul Qadri dated September 26, 2024 accused the monarch of encroaching, trespassing and in the act of land grabbing.
The copies of the petition have equally been forwarded to Speaker Ogun State House of Assembly, Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Ogun State Commissioner of Police, as well as Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo.
Penpushing further reports that the petition copied to above mentioned officials and titled, ’Complaints Against Oba Lawrence Adisa Odeyinka’s on Repeated Act of Trespass, Landgrabbing’ were received on September 27, 2024.
The counsel to the complainant in the petition alleged threat to life of his client, adding that the alleged traditional ruler as at the time of filing the petition had used bulldozer to cut down trees on the one acre of land and converted the complainant’s truck loads of granite
‘We act as solicitors to Mr Taiwo Faleti, a registered surveyor of number 4, Leme, Abiola Way, Abeokuta (Hereinafter referred to as our client) on whose behalf we write this petition’, the lawyer wrote
‘Our client informed us and we verily believe him that one Oba Lawrence Adisa Odeyinka is currently encroaching, trespassing and engaging in the act of land grabbing on his one acre of land situated along Abata/Siun village road atObafemi-Owode local government area of Ogun State’, he added
‘This he is doing after our client has reported his earlier trespassed including his threats to lives of our client, his workmen and one surveyor Adegbola Kamoru, which was reported to the Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command, Eleweran, Attorney General of Ogun State, Solicitor General of Ogun State, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy, Ogun State Task Force on illegalities including your good office sir’, the petitioner told the Governor
‘He is currently using bulldozer to cut down our client’s trees on the one actre of land and converted our client’s truck loads of granite, stone dust, setting sand about 1000 blocks, 30 fencing poles and 22 beacons despite being called to three meetings by the office of the Attorney General a few months ago, but he never attended the meetings’, the petition emphasized
‘Complained has been made to the officer in charge of Ogun Sate Task Force on illegalities but to the surprise of our client, the officer exhibited an act of bias and unfair treatment of our client on the case because the attitude of the officer in charge connotes that he is the power behind the illegal activities of the so-called Oba Lawrence Adisa Odeyinka to invade the land and bulldozed the corner pieces and all other materials placed on the land’, the Solicitor added
Penpushing also reports that the counsel from A.H Adesanya Broad Field Chambers, therefore, passionately urged the Governor to use his good office to intervene in this matter urgently, stressing that injustice to one is an injustice to all.
Meanwhile, as at the time of filing this report, all efforts to reach the traditional ruler was unsuccessful, but a palace source who does not want name in print said the royal father was not interested to talk to the press on the matter
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