About 15 Ijesa communities in Osun State on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, stormed the premises of the state High Court in Ilesa, protesting against what they called illegal acquisition of their land by the state governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola.

The protesters from Obokun and Oriade Local Governments of the state accused Aregbesola of using the state apparatus to forcefully seize their land measuring over 450 hectares for private use.

They denounced the state governor’s action while also displayed placards with different inscriptions, some of which read, “Aregbesola, this is oppression”, Aregbesola, free our land”, “You take our land unlawfully for your friend” and so on.

Speaking to journalists during the protest, Chief (Mrs)Elizabeth Adeniyi, Prince J.A Adewunmi and Mr. Iyiola Olanipekun explained that they had earlier been approached by “a bosom friend of Aregbesola known as Bashorun Rotimi Obesun who said he wanted to use the land to cultivate rice”.

“We refused Obesun the purchase offer for two reasons. One, the land is our farmland where over a thousand people are making their living and secondly, we have an ancestral attachment to the land. We have cocoa, kola-nuts, palm trees and many other things on our land.

“Suddenly, we discovered the presence of the state officials and some of the family members of Obesun on the land. At a point, we were all chased out of our land by gunmen and on May 17, it was published in a national newspaper that our land had been acquired by the state government”, Chief Adeniyi stated.

Adewunmi disclosed that in the process of the forceful acquiring of their land, several farm crops were destroyed while means of livelihoods of many family members were shattered and many of them are still being traumatised.

The said land according to Olanipekun land according to Olanipekun was along Ijagbere/Ijebu – Jesa road, both in Obokun and Oriade while some of the communities involved included Ijiku, Osogun, Baajimo, Okunye, Walaye, Arowobusoye and Fanawopo.

Meanwhile, a human right lawyer, Barrister Kanmi Ajibola has instituted a suit on the matter on behalf of the affected communities against the state governor.

The lawyer was asking Aregbesola to pay the communities a sum of N50 billion for trespass, brutalization of the plaintiffs and members of their families and destructions of their farm crops.

He chided the state government for not even serving the communities any personal notice for the purpose acquiring their land and that the decision to “unlawfully” acquire their land is contrary to the provision of the Land Use Act.

He said in the statement of claim that the defendant “cannot acquire land on the pretext of public use and transfer the same land to a private individual for private use”.

http://politicsngr.com/2017/06/07/15-ijesa-communities-protest-against-aregbesola-over-illegal-land-acquisition/

This is oppression, corruption and selfishness.

The land belongs to God and to the government.


Read the Land Acts of 1962 /(Land Tenure Law)

The people should shut up and accept their fate.

too bad

2018 is near



Wat has he being looking at since 2010? He knew he is on his way out come 2018 he want to acquire all the wealth...nawa o

Baba halfsa again

Aregbe oooo

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Aregbesola should address this matter before he vacates that seat o.
Na dis kain tin dey cause communal clashes

When the state is financially incapacitated to pay workers salary, they are damanding N50 billion for trespass, brutalization of the plaintiffs and members of their families and destructions of their farm crops.

Just lol

Government will surely win because I am not sure if they have genuine C of O

they should go to court if they think they own the land

I can't see the fifteen communities ,but if their claim is true ,the govt ought to compensate them adequately

Aregbesola is mad and is a big thief. How can u forcefully take over the farmlands and means of livelihoods of members of 15 communities so your friend that bribed you can cultivate rice.
This same man that has no plans of paying his workers ever

see thier dress na

He said in the statement of claim that the defendant “cannot acquire land on the pretext of public use and transfer the same land to a private individual for private use”.

They have taken Lagos behavior to Osun.

NwaAmaikpe:


The land belongs to God and to the government.


Read the Land Acts of 1962 /(Land Tenure Law)

The people should shut up and accept their fate.

Just like that? I bet you wouldn't do the same if your land measuring hundreds of acres was seized in similar fashion. The governor should be responsible and pay them compensation if the land is for an Over riding public interest if not he should simply return their lands to them

NwaAmaikpe:


The land belongs to God and to the government.


Read the Land Acts of 1962 /(Land Tenure Law)

The people should shut up and accept their fate.

You made a good statement but ruined everything with your last sentence

These govs,no matter the deception or mirage they try to create,their incompetence will manifest sooner than later:
-Yahaya Bello-Kogi
-Ayodele Fayose -Ekiti
-Rauf Aregbesola-Osun
-Nyesom Wike-Rivers
-Samuel Ortom-Benue.
As Aregbesola comes to d end of his tenure,d people of Osun shud expect to see more of such actions and his final act wud be imposing an unpopular candidate to cover his tracts.

NwaAmaikpe:


The land belongs to God and to the government.


Read the Land Acts of 1962 /(Land Tenure Law)

The people should shut up and accept their fate.

dont worry, your own time will come and when that time come, you will read laws too

That's all they can do.... carry placards up and down... fearful cowards

hw wil u collect people's land and use it fr private business isn't that suppose to be a crime and high level of corruption.
D worse thing is dat wen he finally impose one candidate on them they wil still vote him

Ok

NwaAmaikpe:


The land belongs to God and to the government.


Read the Land Acts of 1962 /(Land Tenure Law)

The people should shut up and accept their fate.

I think u need to short up already. Land use Act u want to defend d govt with is 1978 not 1962. The land belong to govt is Aregbesola the govt or the people? Think well before defending corruption and oppression

Aregberascal himself!!! Spoiling Osun's image since he was imposed by Jagaban
No wahala sha, since he is tarnishing his own name too.

kolafolabi:
When the state is financially incapacitated to pay workers salary, they are damanding N50 billion for trespass, brutalization of the plaintiffs and members of their families and destructions of their farm crops.

Just lol

Government will surely win because I am not sure if they have genuine C of O

this is a communal land, so c of o is inconsequential. Customary land is attached to accestral which is recongnized by land use Act of 1978.

NwaAmaikpe:


The land belongs to God and to the government.


Read the Land Acts of 1962 /(Land Tenure Law)

The people should shut up and accept their fate.

u mean Land use Act of 1978, if yes u can only take peoples land if it is for public use..e.g u want to build schools, hospitals. However due compensation must have been paid to the people.. U can't take people's land for private use...#illegal

Saao:
this is a communal land, so c of o is inconsequential. Customary land is attached to accestral which is recongnized by land use Act of 1978.

God bless you ohh

Hectarus:
Just like that? I bet you wouldn't do the same if your land measuring hundreds of acres was seized in similar fashion. The governor should be responsible and pay them compensation if the land is for an Over riding public interest if not he should simply return their lands to them

D GUY WAS JUST BEING SARCASTIC.