29-year-old Jamiu Olipede, the son of Oba Musiliu
Olipede, the Olorile of Itori Oke Egba land, Ogun State, has been
reportedly killed by land grabbers over a piece of land at Federal Housing Estate in the Alagbado area of Lagos State where the incident occurred.
According
to reports, the land grabbers led by men identified as Sholebo, Bature
and Kosoko stormed the estate and allegedly headed straight to Jamiu’s
apartment located at Lewis Avenue.
After
calling Jamiu out, the land grabbers who were supposedly out to enforce
a court judgement which purportedly gave them a portion of land in the
estate according to reports shot Jamiu and hacked him to death on the
spot.
Reacting to the incident, Oba
Olipede said on the fateful day, he received a call from his son who
told him some people were threatening him.
“Some
people came to his house and asked him to move out. They said they had
won a case in court. The men were violent and told my son to pack out or
they would kill him. The Federal Housing Authorities sold the land to
my son. So, there was no need to argue with the land grabbers. But they
brought hoodlums to kill my son.” The Oba said.
In
his account, a landlord in the estate who identified himself only as
Salami, revealed that the land grabbers had also earlier threatened to
evict him and other residents from their apartments.
“That
was on September 1, 2016. They were led by one pastor who claimed that
they got a court judgment and that I and some other residents should
leave our apartments.
“They
disconnected the power supply to our apartments. I reported the
harassment to the police at the Alagbado division. The Divisional Police
Officer invited the land grabbers to his office and asked them to
produce court documents to back their claims; but they could not.”
Confirming
the incident, SP Dolapo Badmos, the Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer revealed that a man hunt is underway to fish out Jamiu’s
killers.
“The victim was killed by
some people, led by one Adebayo. Policemen went to the scene and removed
the corpse. Effort is on to arrest the ring leader of the group.”
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