NAN workers alert to invasion of property
Employees of News Agency of Nigeria have petitioned Oyo State Real Property Protection Agency on the invasion of their landed property in Ibadan. NAN employees, in the petition to their
Employees of News Agency of Nigeria have petitioned Oyo State Real Property Protection Agency on the invasion of their landed property in Ibadan.
NAN employees, in the petition to their solicitor, Ademola Sodamade and dated December 11, alleged breach of peace, threat to life and malicious damage by land speculators.
The petition listed Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Mrs Oluwamayowa Ayinde and Mr Adewale Owoade among the owners of the land.
They said some land speculators, allegedly led by Kazim (Abija), invaded the property without authorisation, removing all beacons and signposts.
The employees said they purchased 35 acres of land at Butubutu Village in Ona-Ara Local Government of Oyo State between 2013 and 2014.
“After perfection of the purchase, my clients partitioned the land and sold it to different individuals, majority of who work with NAN, Ibadan.
“Surprisingly, however, a few months ago, Abija, Mogaji of Ile Aje in Ode-Aje, Ibadan, forcefully entered the land.
“He removed some signposts and destroyed some pillars on the land.
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“He threatened anybody who dared to stop him from carrying out his plans on sale of the land,” it said.
Consequently, they appealed to the agency to stop the illegal activities of the land speculators on the property.
Copies of the petition, including agreement of purchases, land surveys, photographs of the land and other documents, were submitted to Olubadan Committee on Land Grabbing, Office of Deputy Governor as well as spokesman to the governor, among others.
Speaking on the development, the Chairman of NAN Housing Scheme in Ibadan Zonal Office, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said that the concept was borne out of a cooperative arrangement among the staff members of the agency to own property through monthly contributions since 2013.
“It is very sad and disturbing that some hoodlums, under the guise of working for the state government, can forcefully encroach on the land, destroy all the farm produce, remove all the beacons and signposts installed there and threaten to kill and maim any of us on the site,” Balogun said.
