The Ondo State Magistrate Court has remanded a Pastor, Akintola Alaba, in prison custody over alleged land grabbing.
The court also remanded a land surveyor, Adebiyi Olanibi and High Chief Lateef Adelusi over allegations bordering on encroachment on another person’s land and unlawful takeover of property..
The Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Kayode Ajulo, SAN, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Tuesday in Akure.
“Those charged include High Chief Lateef Adelusi, Pastor Akintola Alaba, and Surveyor Adebiyi Olanibi, on allegations bordering on encroachment on another person’s land, unlawful takeover of property belonging to Mr Akinnusi Folorunsho and others, as well as illegal sale of landed property belonging to the Ojumu family,” Ajulo said.
He reiterated that the Ondo State Anti-Land Grabbing Task Force would continue to intensify enforcement without compromise, stating that there would be no retreat in the implementation of the law.
The Attorney General also disclosed that efforts were being intensified to audit government lands and property that have been encroached upon across the state.
“This is only one phase of our assignment under the Anti-Land Grabbing and Property Protection Law. As you can see, the law respects no one.
“When a surveyor, who is expected to be a custodian of land documentation, finds himself on the wrong side of the law, it signals the seriousness of our enforcement.
“We will continue to act within the law, but we will not retreat,” Ajulo said.
He warned people occupying public land without valid approvals to either regularise their occupancy where possible or voluntarily vacate such property before enforcement commence.
