Families threaten to sue monarch over proceeds from land sales
Four representatives of Osunba families of Akinyemi House, Ojuale compound, Ijegun water side, Imore in Oriade Local Government Area of Lagos State, have threatened to sue their traditional ruler, the Alahun of Imore, if they were not furnished with financial details of money received from buyers of their family land. The families represented by Mukaila Akinyemi, Mukaila Yusuff, Toyin Badmus and Yisa Buraimo, wondered why the traditional ruler refused and failed to response to the petition addressed to him and his secretary-in-council, more than two months of the letter on the matter. In the petition dated June 6, 2023 written by their counsel, Mr Abdul Wahab, the representatives of the families argued that equity demands that the traditional ruler need to be accountable to the people. They maintained that the land sold had been in the possession of the families for many years, including dry and the swampy areas of Imore town, where their forefathers, children an...