Disputed Epe land: Court declares Awujale, Oloja rightful owners
JUSTICE Sharafa Olaitan of a Lagos State High Court, sitting in Epe, has declared that the Iposu Chieftaincy Family is not the rightful owner of the 1,168.141 hectares (2886.534 acres) of land situated at Epe communal land. It includes the large expanse of land at Akesan and Papa, alleged to be bounded by Epe Lagoon; Santos Family land, Lupotoro Family land, Odofin Compound, Jubulu Family land, and Itemu River measuring 1168.141 hectares (2886.534 acres), more particularly shown on Composite Plan No: ASC/050°/LA/2020, drawn by Surveyor F. A. Ogunbadejo and dated August 10, 2020. In her judgment, Justice Olaitan held that the large expanse of land was fully owned by the Oloja of Epe, Oba Kamoru Animashaun, and the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona. The court ruling came after eight years of a legal tussle between Prof. Sulaiman Talabi, Chief Olayiwola Oladunjoye and Chief Wale Mogaji who sued for themselves and on behalf of Iposu Chieftaincy Family as a defendant in suit number E...