Some residents in Lagos communities including Ibeju-Lekki, Ikorodu and other areas have called on the Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman, to conclude all land grabbing cases especially at Ibeju-Lekki, Ikorodu and others before his office.
The residents staged a peaceful protest led by their lawyer, Oladotun Hassan.
The protesters, whose properties were being demolished, lamented that some identified land grabbers had been intimidating the livelihood of innocent Nigerians in the state.
Hassan alleged that activities of the land grabbers have brought untold pain on the residents adding that as a matter of necessity an urgent action should be taken against the land grabbers that had been trespassing on the land of these innocent Nigerians.
According to him, “Communities including Ikota Housing Estate in Lekki Ajah VGC axis of Lagos State are currently experiencing massive illegal demolition of houses.
“There was illegal forceful invasion and displacement of the onetime helpless people of Maroko displaced and relocated in 1991 to Ikota, Jakande and Epe by the then Military Governor of Lagos State Raji Rasaki.
“There was a similar case of land encroachment in Ikorodu Scheme 02 belonging to TOS Benson Family, and consented to all the community occupants on negotiated terms.
“Our demand is predicated on the fact that these land owners had suffered lots of ill-treatments in the hands of the land grabbers”, he said.
He appreciated the office of the Inspector-General of Police for his exemplary leadership style since his assumption of office, most especially the recent declaration of some notorious Land Grabbers wanted by the IGP Monitoring Unit.
The residents also called on Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to come to the rescue of all affected victims and vulnerable Nigerians residing in Lagos State.
