Lagos declares zero tolerance on land grabbing

Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem, has said that the state will no longer tolerate the unwholesome and illegal activities of land grabbers otherwise known as Omo-Onile.

He said this shortly after the monthly Security Council Meeting, at the State House in Alausa, Ikeja. According to him, the state government was seriously concerned about the menace of land grabbing, especially as activities of land grabbers had escalated in recent times, condemning the act, saying it would no longer be tolerated henceforth.

Kazeem warned that anyone engaged in such activities and using such to disturb public peace and illegally dispossessing people of their property would be prosecuted in accordance with relevant criminal laws.

Briefing journalists at the end of the meeting chaired by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, and attended by heads of security agencies in the state, Kazeem said the Council strongly condemned the disturbing menace of land grabbing, and advised members of the public who are victims of such to gather enough evidence and forward same to the appropriate security agencies for prompt action.

“Land is a very important asset in this state and the security of title is also very important. Therefore, anybody who uses threat of arms or physical threat to dispossess people of their legitimate property will be treated as criminals” Kazeem said.