Lagos Council Chairman In 21-plot School Land Theft Mess
The Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government area of Lagos State, Alhaji Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi, will soon appear before the Ikeja High Court over alleged dirty role he was said to have played in supposed usurpation of 3.3 acres(21 plots) of land at Adam Yakubu Memorial High School situated at Iloro in the council area.
A Muslim society, Anwaru-ul-Islam Movement of Nigeria, through its lawyer, Emmanuel Tosin Ogundeji has dragged some alleged usurpers of the said land before the Ikeja High Court.
The accused include, Taofiki Ogabi and Afogunlowo Shitta. Both in the suit number: 684562022 will have their days in court in their individual capacities and that of their families for allegedly encroaching on the land in 2021.
The Muslim group in its averment said, it procured the land in several acres from Ogunji Adebari and Asunmoge families in 1945 where one of its schools, Adam Yakubu Memorial High School is situated.
Investigation by our correspondent revealed that the elephant in the house who Anwaru-ul-Islam currently has not named as defendant in the suit is Egunjobi.
The Agege Council boss, according to inside sources, was the architect of the land theft and only enlisted the supports of Ogabi and Shitta to perpetrate the alleged land grabbing.
His omission from the charges before the court was said to be “deliberate and strategic” with report that the he has been reported to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Ministry of lands.
It was further gathered that the Agege Chairman, who is an Abeokuta-high-chief sold part of his own share of the spoils, a plot and half for a total sum of N56m.
