Family accuses businessman of land grabbing

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I bought the land from govt — Businessman

By Innocent Anaba

Members of Igbaro Oteshade Royal Family of Oko Addo in Eti-Osa Local Govern-ment Area of Lagos State, have accused a businessman of fraudu-lently taking over their large expanse of land.

They said the land, about 30 hectares, situated at Oko Addo Village, was inherited from the first traditional ruler of Lagos State, King Addo. The family has appealed to the Lagos State Government to save them from the said businessman, who they said have started erecting structures on the land.

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But responding to the allegation, the businessman, Mr Emeka Onugha, said the land in question is a government acquired land and that it was Lagos State Government that sold the land to him.

Onugha said that all the title documents on the land were issued to him by the Lagos State Government.

Onugha said: “I am not ‘omoonile,’ I bought the land from the owners and went to Alausa to perfect the papers but govern-ment told me that the…



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