The Lagos State
Government has ordered the state Taskforce on Environment and Special Offence
Unit to recover 250 acres of land in Gberigbe, Ikorodu, allegedly taken over by
a land grabber.
It was gathered that
the land was given to a family for farming in the 80s, by the Ministry of
Agriculture and Cooperatives.
The acres of land were,
however, taken over by the land grabber, who the government also accused of selling
them and pulling down over 12,000 palm trees in the farm.
The Chairman of the
task force, Mr. Akeem Adedeji, said the state government would not condone illegal
eviction of rightful landlords from their property by miscreants, adding that
the era of land grabbing in Lagos was over.
Adedeji said in line
with the governor’s directive, the unit would move into the Ikorodu area and
serve notices to quit on present occupants of the land, who he said, must have
bought their property from the land grabbers.
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