Land grabbing: Family sends SOS to Sanwo-Olu
THE Adesade Oganjugbe Family of Otara land in Igboye Town of Eredo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Epe, Lagos State has sent a Save-Our-Souls, SOS, message to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the activities of some land grabbers in their community. Joining the family to appeal to the governor is the Human Rights Monitoring Agenda (HURMA Global Resource Initiative), which also called on the Ministry of Justice to step into the matter and save the family from the activities of land grabbers led by one Rafiu popularly knows as Otto. According to Mr. Idris Adebanjo, the Secretary of the Adesada Oganjugbe Family, the family is the rightful owner of Otara land, which falls between Epe Local Council of Lagos State and Ijebu-Ode Local Council of Ogun State. The family said some persons, led by the said Rafiu, were going about claiming to own the land and promising to be the ones to sell same to the public. Adebanjo said the family made several moves to invite the ...