...on thing about politics and power is having the right backings...

e come be like say sanwo olu no know wetin him dey do

LadyExcellency:
Which Governor has been arrested by US police amid all Executive rascalism?

Except on corruption, no State Executive can be arrested anywhere in the word for trying alternative dispute resolution.

According to Nigerian Constitution, the Governor has a final say on land in the State with good reasons and payments of compensation. Moreover, this issue was done by past military regime.

Seems you are ignorant of the law.
Alternative dispute resolution is when there is no pronouncement.

After a judgement has been pronounced, all alternative resolution id dead and buried, infact a court judgement is a law and can be quoted in other case as precedents.

Also, as an interested party in the a case who have lost, standing in the way of implementation is contempt of court that attracts jail term.

This is a case of a judgment that have been delivered years ago, the governor woke up from slumber to constitute nuisance.

Oga stop saying this. We understand no one can go against supreme court verdict. Sanwo went there to avert violence.

uniquetechng:
In the US they have state police which is controlled by the Chief executive officer of the state (governor) which make them answerable to the governor unlike in Nigeria where we have federal police controlled by the president .

In the Nigeria the Inspector General of police is actually more powerful than a state governor as he takes orders from the president alone , even the state commissioner of police in Lagos state will wait for IG's directive before carryong out the order of the governor.

A sitting governor dont have the power to override order of the highest court of the land, The IG and the AGF in a case he is party to.

Sanwo-Olu goofed big time

Assuming the Governor even controls the Police, should will allow the supreme court judgement be disobeyed?

Even if the governor controls the police, an officer have the right to reject an order he thinks contradicts the dictates of the law.

What transpired between the Governor and the CSP clearly shows that Tinubu should forget his ambition in trying to become the President of Nigeria in 2023. The humiliation of Governor Sanwo Olu is a direct attack to all SW leaders.

KingAzari:


Lagos state government land-grabbed the property of Shangisha people under the pretense of using the land for public interest only to turn back and share the land among some elites. The original land owners having seen that the government scammed them of their land went to court. All the court judgements since 1984, up to the recent judgement by the highest court in the land(Supreme court), favored the original land owners.

The AGF, being the number one law officer of the land, sent policemen, who are number one law enforcer in the land, to execute the final order of the supreme court of Nigeria, and Lagos governor, the number one "Pointus" Pilate of the land, went there to subvert, interrupt and prevent the execution of a valid court order.

So it was actually the FG protecting the interest of Shangisha people who were scammed by the state government.

Same way the Lagos state government grabbed my family land without compensation, the land was sold to their friends.

LadyExcellency:
Which Governor has been arrested by US police amid all Executive rascalism?

Except on corruption, no State Executive can be arrested anywhere in the word for trying alternative dispute resolution.

According to Nigerian Constitution, the Governor has a final say on land in the State with good reasons and payments of compensation. Moreover, this issue was done by past military regime.

Don't mind them. They are so full of themselves that the so called law and order they think they are upholding, is the very one they are Ignorant of.


Arrest a sitting Govr in his own domain over conflict resolution?


I need their Fearless Drink Brand sincerely.

Like going to Kano and Arresting Gandollar cos he doesn't want to bend to demolishing a mosque


Or to Wike cos of one Structure he wants to demolish and IG says no.


Everyday, the own goal keeps increasing.


cO laws need change too. Its a very archaic approach.

Here's the gist.. *Magodo Estate Debacle...*

*The story as narrated by the judgment creditor*

The Chairman of Shangisha Landlord Association, Alhaji Adebayo Onayiga narrated the genesis of the case thus:

CHRONOLOGY:
Sometime between 1984 through 1986, the government of Lagos State of Nigeria forcefully took the parcels of land belonging to us, members of the landlord Association of Shangisha /Magodo occupied by us, under disguise with claims that will be used for the construction of an international standard hospital. We the landlords were forcefully evicted from the land in dispute.

The government went ahead to pull down all our houses, and took the entire area which was not what they had asked for in the first place. After pulling down of our houses, we were embarrassed to find out that the Lagos state government involved had converted the land for their personal interest, allotting the said land in plots to their friends and cronies, and some of high and mighty people in the society including some judges in the Lagos judiciary and members of the former state executives.

The Association (Judgment Creditors) unanimously elected Chief Adebayo Adeyiga as their chairman and six other members to represent the association in recovery of their land from the Lagos State government. We approached the Lagos State government, armed with facts of the fraudulent allotment, and it was resolved between us that members of the Association would be given plots of land from the then new scheme known as Magodo scheme 2.

It was when they failed to do so, that we were forced to sue the Lagos State government through the executive officers sometimes in June 1988 in suits ID/795/88 Chief Adebayo Adeyiga and six (6) others versus military governor of Lagos State and four(4) others in Lagos State high court, Ikeja.

The association’s application for an order to sue and prosecute the case in a representative capacity was brought before Honorable Justice W. A. Oshodi, and it was granted on 21st of November 21, 1988.

While the case was going on, the Lagos State government refused or neglected to obey the court order to maintain status quo, rather they and their cronies intensified construction activities. This forced us to apply for an interlocutory injunction which was granted by the late Justice A. L. Balogun on October 19, 1992.

By this ruling of the courts, it was expected that the Lagos State government and the Association would respect the court of land and refrain from allotting or further development on the land, pending the determination of the substantive suit, but they refused.

On May 17, 1993, while the case was still pending in court, the then civilian governor of Lagos State, the late Sir Michael Otedola gave the executive order for the release of our land to us, which was not also compiled with by the state government officials.

On December 31, 1993, the trial court gave judgment in favor of Shangisha Landlord Association as represented by the Chief Adebayo Adeyiga and six)6) others with a mandatory injunction order on the judgment debtor (Lagos State government) to allocate 549 plots on the land in dispute as first choice preference to the association.

On March 16, 1994, while the appeal against the said judgment was pending, the judgment debtor applied for a stay of execution which was granted by the late Justice Rosaline Omotosho, who ordered both parties to maintain status quo.

On May 4, 1994, the same judgment debtors in an attempt to eliminate members of the judgment creditors, sent members of the government task force with thugs after the chairman of the association Chief Adeyiga, who was beaten with his wife, wounded and thrown down from his one-story building. This act cost him permanent disability on his body and complete damage to his eyes, this same act of lawlessness was also carried out on other members of the Association using the same task force, thugs and security personnel.

In 1999, the late Honorable Justice Akinola Aguda tribunal on the allocation of land and Lagos state also gave an order against developers of all the lands in dispute and Shangisha/Magodo and Ikosi GRA to suspend work pending the determination of the suit ID 795/88 in the Court of Appeal but they did not obey the order.

Despite the caveat put on the land by the late Honorable Akinola Aguda, the Lagos state government and illegal allottees refused to obey the order of the late jurist. The Lagos state government and its land officials and Justice department, because of the reprimand given by the late jurist to some Judges.

Ministries of Justice, and Land officials colluded and refused to release the recommendation and the report of Late Justice Akinola Aguda panel until today.

On September 25, 2001, the Court of Appeal gave judgment against Lagos state and reaffirmed the judgment of the lower court. In order to preserve the rest of the land our counsel, the late Mr. Kehinde Sofola SAN wrote a letter dated July 29, 2002 to the then Attorney General of Lagos state, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN to preserve the 549 plots with him pending the determination of the case and sent a copy to the Supreme court. The Lagos state government dissatisfied with the same appealed to the Supreme Court of Nigeria, which finally affirmed the judgment of the lower courts on February 10, 2012.

After the Supreme Court had dropped its hammer by confirming the judgment of the lower courts, we exhausted all options known in law to have our land even by auditing all the remaining vacant land in Magodo Ikosi GRA but all to no avail. We therefore applied as of right for writ of possession to harvest the fruit of our judgment.

Our lead counsel Mr. Kayode Sofola SAN wrote the former Chief Justice of Lagos state, the Honorable Justice Ayotunde Phillips on the need to sign the writ of possession to enable us to execute the judgment but she refused. We had no choice but to petition the former Chief Justice of Nigeria and chairman of the National Judicial Council, Chief Justice Honorable Mariam Aloma Mukhta who queried Justice Phillips concerning the matter. Surprisingly, Honorable Justice Ayotunde Phillips refused to answer the query until she retired in 2014.

A reminder of our petition is again forwarded to the then Chief Justice of Nigeria, The Honorable Justice Mohammed Mahmoud and the NJC culminating in the issuing of another letter of request to Chief Justice of Lagos state, the Honorable Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade to know what step she had taken on the matter.

On November 11, 2016, we wrote a petition against Honorable Olufunmilayo Atilade on her failure to discharge her responsibility in the enforcement of the judgment of the Supreme Court for refusing to sign our writ of possession file before her in November 2015.

Based on all the above facts, we humbly stated that we have by all means done and exhausted what is expected of law abiding citizens of the nation by following due process in this matter but the government of Lagos state has not deemed it necessary to obey court orders.

On March 1, 2016, the Supreme Court sitting on the matter again voiced its displeasure over the failure of the Lagos state government and the Chief Justice of Lagos state to execute its judgment. The Lagos state Attorney General Mr. Adeniji Kassim was specifically warned of the dangers of refusing to carry out the order of the Supreme Court.

Finally, the NJC which is the highest judicial body in the country ordered the Chief Justice of Lagos state, the Honorable justice Olufunmilayo Atilade to sign for the writ of possession for the recovery of 549 plots of land in Magodo scheme II area within a specified period and with which she complied with accordingly. The writ of possession was signed on March 16, 2017. The process of execution of the writ had been completed by the Court Sheriff as shown in the correspondence between the Deputy Sheriff and the Police (AIG Zone 2 office) on the request for police assistance.
Thereafter the writ was assigned by the Deputy Sheriff to the Sheriff’s for execution.

The police (AIG Zone 2 command) and the sheriffs held a meeting on the way the execution will be carried out to ensure smooth, or orderliness and peaceful operation. A date was fixed by all parties involved by the AIG zone command for the commencement of the operation. We were shocked when informed that writ had been withdrawn by one Mr. Ojo of the execution Department on the instructions of the Honorable Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade. We were also informed that the Lagos state attorney general Mr. Adeniji Kassim held a meeting with the police (AIG Zone 2 command) asking the police not to accompany the Sheriff to the site of execution.

We wrote the Chief Justice of Lagos state on the matter informing her on the plan by the judgment Debtors/Lagos state government to scuttle the execution by setting aside the writ through sponsored groups who are not parties to the case but planning to file application in court to set aside the writ. We received no reply from the Chief Justice on this matter.

The Association therefore had no option than to write a petition to the NJC on this matter and the role played by the duel of the Honorable Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade and the Lagos state attorney general, Mr. Adeniji Kassim in frustrating the process of execution of the writ. Our fears were later confirmed when a ruling to set aside the execution of the writ was given by Honorable Justice R. Adebiyi even though the association was not served with any process on the case.

On the day of ruling our counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN raised an objection on non-service of the motion on the Association and he asked the court to stay the ruling, but the proceedings judge Honorable Justice Raliatu Adebiyi went ahead to deliver her ruling.

The Association forwarded another petition to the NJC against the Justice Raliatu Adebiyi for setting aside the writ of possession which was sign by the retired Honorable justice Olufunmilayo Atilade on the directive of the NJC and which had been assigned by the Sheriff for execution. In our petition to NJC we appealed for its intervention on the matter and inform the council or an attempt to deny our members from harvesting the fruit of our judgment.

CONCLUSION.
From the following narrative of our tortious journey for over 37 years on our properties, Nigerians can now see how the people who are supposed to keep our properties in trust for us have misused and looted. Nigerian can also see how the people who are supposed to keep our laws in a working state have turned the world upside down. The Supreme court is the final court of the land and when it speaks no other authority can speak against it, it is a crime and criminal to do so.

As we once said, we need people like Attorney General of the Federation of Nigeria Abubakar Malami who is indeed alive with his responsibility. We also thank the President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari for putting a round peg in a round hole in the person of Alhaji Abubakar Malami (SAN).

Finally, an adage says the will of justice grinds slowly, and it is not easy to catch up with when the pendulum falls. Mr. Adesegun Ogunlewe and Mr. Gbenga Bariu Ashafa pustule and boast that the landlords will reap the fruits of their judgment in their graves. We can now see that Ogunlewe and Ashafa are not God. It is only their wishful thinking. God is more powerful than human beings.

chloride6:
Let me even shock you, the Constitution doesn't say you can't arrest governors, it simply says you can't sue them..

When you arrest him, will you just put the Governor in detention or you will charge him to court for trial, the best you can say, you can invite the governor but not arrest because no court neither judges will judge him if you brought him to court rather you will wait till his tenure is over before you can do any thing.

duncan511:

When you arrest him, will you just put the Governor in detention or you will charge him to court for trial, the best you can say, you can invite the governor but not arrest because no court neither judges will judge him if you brought him to court rather you will wait till his tenure is over before you can do any thing.

You can arrest and release him after.

Technically you don't need a reason to arrest anyone provided it's less than 24/48 hrs..

*Magodo Estate Debacle...*

*The story as narrated by the judgment creditor*

The Chairman of Shangisha Landlord Association, Alhaji Adebayo Onayiga narrated the genesis of the case thus:

CHRONOLOGY:
Sometime between 1984 through 1986, the government of Lagos State of Nigeria forcefully took the parcels of land belonging to us, members of the landlord Association of Shangisha /Magodo occupied by us, under disguise with claims that will be used for the construction of an international standard hospital. We the landlords were forcefully evicted from the land in dispute.

The government went ahead to pull down all our houses, and took the entire area which was not what they had asked for in the first place. After pulling down of our houses, we were embarrassed to find out that the Lagos state government involved had converted the land for their personal interest, allotting the said land in plots to their friends and cronies, and some of high and mighty people in the society including some judges in the Lagos judiciary and members of the former state executives.

The Association (Judgment Creditors) unanimously elected Chief Adebayo Adeyiga as their chairman and six other members to represent the association in recovery of their land from the Lagos State government. We approached the Lagos State government, armed with facts of the fraudulent allotment, and it was resolved between us that members of the Association would be given plots of land from the then new scheme known as Magodo scheme 2.

It was when they failed to do so, that we were forced to sue the Lagos State government through the executive officers sometimes in June 1988 in suits ID/795/88 Chief Adebayo Adeyiga and six (6) others versus military governor of Lagos State and four(4) others in Lagos State high court, Ikeja.

The association’s application for an order to sue and prosecute the case in a representative capacity was brought before Honorable Justice W. A. Oshodi, and it was granted on 21st of November 21, 1988.

While the case was going on, the Lagos State government refused or neglected to obey the court order to maintain status quo, rather they and their cronies intensified construction activities. This forced us to apply for an interlocutory injunction which was granted by the late Justice A. L. Balogun on October 19, 1992.

By this ruling of the courts, it was expected that the Lagos State government and the Association would respect the court of land and refrain from allotting or further development on the land, pending the determination of the substantive suit, but they refused.

On May 17, 1993, while the case was still pending in court, the then civilian governor of Lagos State, the late Sir Michael Otedola gave the executive order for the release of our land to us, which was not also compiled with by the state government officials.

On December 31, 1993, the trial court gave judgment in favor of Shangisha Landlord Association as represented by the Chief Adebayo Adeyiga and six)6) others with a mandatory injunction order on the judgment debtor (Lagos State government) to allocate 549 plots on the land in dispute as first choice preference to the association.

On March 16, 1994, while the appeal against the said judgment was pending, the judgment debtor applied for a stay of execution which was granted by the late Justice Rosaline Omotosho, who ordered both parties to maintain status quo.

On May 4, 1994, the same judgment debtors in an attempt to eliminate members of the judgment creditors, sent members of the government task force with thugs after the chairman of the association Chief Adeyiga, who was beaten with his wife, wounded and thrown down from his one-story building. This act cost him permanent disability on his body and complete damage to his eyes, this same act of lawlessness was also carried out on other members of the Association using the same task force, thugs and security personnel.

In 1999, the late Honorable Justice Akinola Aguda tribunal on the allocation of land and Lagos state also gave an order against developers of all the lands in dispute and Shangisha/Magodo and Ikosi GRA to suspend work pending the determination of the suit ID 795/88 in the Court of Appeal but they did not obey the order.

Despite the caveat put on the land by the late Honorable Akinola Aguda, the Lagos state government and illegal allottees refused to obey the order of the late jurist. The Lagos state government and its land officials and Justice department, because of the reprimand given by the late jurist to some Judges.

Ministries of Justice, and Land officials colluded and refused to release the recommendation and the report of Late Justice Akinola Aguda panel until today.

On September 25, 2001, the Court of Appeal gave judgment against Lagos state and reaffirmed the judgment of the lower court. In order to preserve the rest of the land our counsel, the late Mr. Kehinde Sofola SAN wrote a letter dated July 29, 2002 to the then Attorney General of Lagos state, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN to preserve the 549 plots with him pending the determination of the case and sent a copy to the Supreme court. The Lagos state government dissatisfied with the same appealed to the Supreme Court of Nigeria, which finally affirmed the judgment of the lower courts on February 10, 2012.

After the Supreme Court had dropped its hammer by confirming the judgment of the lower courts, we exhausted all options known in law to have our land even by auditing all the remaining vacant land in Magodo Ikosi GRA but all to no avail. We therefore applied as of right for writ of possession to harvest the fruit of our judgment.

Our lead counsel Mr. Kayode Sofola SAN wrote the former Chief Justice of Lagos state, the Honorable Justice Ayotunde Phillips on the need to sign the writ of possession to enable us to execute the judgment but she refused. We had no choice but to petition the former Chief Justice of Nigeria and chairman of the National Judicial Council, Chief Justice Honorable Mariam Aloma Mukhta who queried Justice Phillips concerning the matter. Surprisingly, Honorable Justice Ayotunde Phillips refused to answer the query until she retired in 2014.

A reminder of our petition is again forwarded to the then Chief Justice of Nigeria, The Honorable Justice Mohammed Mahmoud and the NJC culminating in the issuing of another letter of request to Chief Justice of Lagos state, the Honorable Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade to know what step she had taken on the matter.

On November 11, 2016, we wrote a petition against Honorable Olufunmilayo Atilade on her failure to discharge her responsibility in the enforcement of the judgment of the Supreme Court for refusing to sign our writ of possession file before her in November 2015.

Based on all the above facts, we humbly stated that we have by all means done and exhausted what is expected of law abiding citizens of the nation by following due process in this matter but the government of Lagos state has not deemed it necessary to obey court orders.

On March 1, 2016, the Supreme Court sitting on the matter again voiced its displeasure over the failure of the Lagos state government and the Chief Justice of Lagos state to execute its judgment. The Lagos state Attorney General Mr. Adeniji Kassim was specifically warned of the dangers of refusing to carry out the order of the Supreme Court.

Finally, the NJC which is the highest judicial body in the country ordered the Chief Justice of Lagos state, the Honorable justice Olufunmilayo Atilade to sign for the writ of possession for the recovery of 549 plots of land in Magodo scheme II area within a specified period and with which she complied with accordingly. The writ of possession was signed on March 16, 2017. The process of execution of the writ had been completed by the Court Sheriff as shown in the correspondence between the Deputy Sheriff and the Police (AIG Zone 2 office) on the request for police assistance.
Thereafter the writ was assigned by the Deputy Sheriff to the Sheriff’s for execution.

The police (AIG Zone 2 command) and the sheriffs held a meeting on the way the execution will be carried out to ensure smooth, or orderliness and peaceful operation. A date was fixed by all parties involved by the AIG zone command for the commencement of the operation. We were shocked when informed that writ had been withdrawn by one Mr. Ojo of the execution Department on the instructions of the Honorable Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade. We were also informed that the Lagos state attorney general Mr. Adeniji Kassim held a meeting with the police (AIG Zone 2 command) asking the police not to accompany the Sheriff to the site of execution.

We wrote the Chief Justice of Lagos state on the matter informing her on the plan by the judgment Debtors/Lagos state government to scuttle the execution by setting aside the writ through sponsored groups who are not parties to the case but planning to file application in court to set aside the writ. We received no reply from the Chief Justice on this matter.

The Association therefore had no option than to write a petition to the NJC on this matter and the role played by the duel of the Honorable Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade and the Lagos state attorney general, Mr. Adeniji Kassim in frustrating the process of execution of the writ. Our fears were later confirmed when a ruling to set aside the execution of the writ was given by Honorable Justice R. Adebiyi even though the association was not served with any process on the case.

On the day of ruling our counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN raised an objection on non-service of the motion on the Association and he asked the court to stay the ruling, but the proceedings judge Honorable Justice Raliatu Adebiyi went ahead to deliver her ruling.

The Association forwarded another petition to the NJC against the Justice Raliatu Adebiyi for setting aside the writ of possession which was sign by the retired Honorable justice Olufunmilayo Atilade on the directive of the NJC and which had been assigned by the Sheriff for execution. In our petition to NJC we appealed for its intervention on the matter and inform the council or an attempt to deny our members from harvesting the fruit of our judgment.

CONCLUSION.
From the following narrative of our tortious journey for over 37 years on our properties, Nigerians can now see how the people who are supposed to keep our properties in trust for us have misused and looted. Nigerian can also see how the people who are supposed to keep our laws in a working state have turned the world upside down. The Supreme court is the final court of the land and when it speaks no other authority can speak against it, it is a crime and criminal to do so.

As we once said, we need people like Attorney General of the Federation of Nigeria Abubakar Malami who is indeed alive with his responsibility. We also thank the President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari for putting a round peg in a round hole in the person of Alhaji Abubakar Malami (SAN).

Finally, an adage says the will of justice grinds slowly, and it is not easy to catch up with when the pendulum falls. Mr. Adesegun Ogunlewe and Mr. Gbenga Bariu Ashafa pustule and boast that the landlords will reap the fruits of their judgment in their graves. We can now see that Ogunlewe and Ashafa are not God. It is only their wishful thinking. God is more powerful than human beings.

poppincash:
Yes. How can a judgement made way back 2012 yet hasn't been obeyed by the Lagos govt. Now Nigerians can have an idea what Tinubu will do in power

I hope your malaria has gone after dragging Tinubu into this matter!

It was the military government that took the land, judgement was delivered in 2012 while Tinubu left power in 2007 and you’re here dragging him into it

No wonder Nigeria is like this

Trash from a lawyer

LadyExcellency:
Which Governor has been arrested by US police amid all Executive rascalism?

Except on corruption, no State Executive can be arrested anywhere in the word for trying alternative dispute resolution.

According to Nigerian Constitution, the Governor has a final say on land in the State with good reasons and payments of compensation. Moreover, this issue was done by past military regime.

Speaking with emotion without facts
Gov of Illinois Rod Blagojevich was arrested by Feds when he was entertaining the thought of making $$ from vacated Obama US senate seat. He wasn't caught in the act, he went to prison because he had the intention.

In 1963, GoV Wallace of Alabama was prevented by US fed police from interfering witj black students attending state funded- university of Alabama.

Go do your research b4 u talk

Remember also that a federal police will still be in place equivalent like the FBI and they they can override jurisdiction of the state police .

uniquetechng:
In the US they have state police which is controlled by the Chief executive officer of the state (governor) which make them answerable to the governor unlike in Nigeria where we have federal police controlled by the president .

In the Nigeria the Inspector General of police is actually more powerful than a state governor as he takes orders from the president alone , even the state commissioner of police in Lagos state will wait for IG's directive before carryong out the order of the governor.

A sitting governor dont have the power to override order of the highest court of the land, The IG and the AGF in a case he is party to.

Sanwo-Olu goofed big time

AJULO IS TALKING GUTTERING MISJUDGEMENTS HERE. THE IGP AND THE AGF SHOULD TAKE EXPRESS INSTRUCTION OF MR PRESIDENT TO THE GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE AND GET HIS ACCEPTANCE BEFOREHAND AND BEFORE THEY DID WHAT THEY DID.

From orisaorunto.

Olumaeme:


Assuming the Governor even controls the Police, should will allow the supreme court judgement be disobeyed?

Even if the governor controls the police, an officer have the right to reject an order he thinks contradicts the dictates of the law.

Thats another angle my brother, no one is above the order of the supreme court not even the president let alone a sitting governor.

surgical:
And he lost,he did not apply tact

No.

Truthisunique:
Lol, malami even add the south west governors join him bashing

MALAMI IS A SPLINTER AND A SHARIA SERVANT.

These are the type of police officers dat deserve awards, God bless d police officer

Aksnoopy:
Most residents of magodo estate are politicians, their relatives and their tenants.

It was obvious that sanwoolu was forced to that estate by his associates who asked him to go their and use his power as the chief security officer of the state.

The dumb governor isn't even aware that nobody, not even the president can stop the law enforcement agents from carrying out a supreme court order.

I respect that policeman so much, he knows his power and limit more than a sitting governor who doesn't even know the rule of law.

Mind you the governor was a resident of magodo before he was elected.

Aksnoopy:
Most residents of magodo estate are politicians, their relatives and their tenants.

It was obvious that sanwoolu was forced to that estate by his associates who asked him to go their and use his power as the chief security officer of the state.

The dumb governor isn't even aware that nobody, not even the president can stop the law enforcement agents from carrying out a supreme court order.

I respect that policeman so much, he knows his power and limit more than a sitting governor who doesn't even know the rule of law.

Mind you the governor was a resident of magodo before he was elected.

Did I hear you say *even the president*.... do you know the federal government on the order of the president are the ones who disobey Court order the most...
Look at how you just typing about Nigeria as if it's the UK or US...

Court orders have been disobeyed countless times in this unscrupulous nation

LadyExcellency:
Which Governor has been arrested by US police amid all Executive rascalism?

Except on corruption, no State Executive can be arrested anywhere in the word for trying alternative dispute resolution.

According to Nigerian Constitution, the Governor has a final say on land in the State with good reasons and payments of compensation. Moreover, this issue was done by past military regime.

You don't try alternative dispute resolution by obstructing court judgement. You let the court judgement stand while you go by the side to look for a way to upturn it through legal means. You go to the place of enforcement to ask the person to vacate the place and you call it trying alternative dispute resolution. What type of alternative is that?

So Tinubu was in Power or has been in power since 2012

Some people need to be checked

poppincash:
Yes. How can a judgement made way back 2012 yet hasn't been obeyed by the Lagos govt. Now Nigerians can have an idea what Tinubu will do in power

LadyExcellency:
Which Governor has been arrested by US police amid all Executive rascalism?

Except on corruption, no State Executive can be arrested anywhere in the word for trying alternative dispute resolution.

According to Nigerian Constitution, the Governor has a final say on land in the State with good reasons and payments of compensation. Moreover, this issue was done by past military regime.

Nonsense!

What is the spirit behind not suing them? Ofcourse you know of the letter and SPIRIT of the law(intent)

chloride6:
Let me even shock you, the Constitution doesn't say you can't arrest governors, it simply says you can't sue them..

Kriely:
If you believe this lawyer you’ll go to hell fire.

You are obviously mummy G.O's first son,you are fast learning from our beloved mummy G.O

Allnacruise:



No

The resident and the Lagos State government are the judgement debtors while one Adeyiga family is the actual owner of about 549 plots in magodo...

Lagos State government took the land from one Adeyiga family..so the Adeyiga family took Lagos State government to court from high to appeal to supreme...and the judgement was in their favour..Since 2014 or thereabout


Nobody is harassing the current residents of Magodo...it's just the Adeyiga family trying to retrieve their lands...

Lagos State tried to relocate them to ibeju lekki but they didn't accept... because you the value is low compared to present day Magodo


The policemen only escorted court Sherriffs to enforce supreme court order....

Now I know the details. That means, Malami is right.

chloride6:
Let me even shock you, the Constitution doesn't say you can't arrest governors, it simply says you can't sue them..

So why arrest someone whom you have no intention of arraignment in a court of competent jurisdiction?

The law forbids any law enforcement agency from arresting without charging and arraignment of such a person.

erimmy:
So why arrest someone whom you have no intention of arraignment in a court of competent jurisdiction?

The law forbids any law enforcement agency from arresting without charging and arraignment of such a person.

This isn't true. What the law forbid is conviction for a offences not described in any law.

The Police can arrest you for 48 hours without reason.

DMerciful:
What is the spirit behind not suing them? Ofcourse you know of the letter and SPIRIT of the law(intent)

It's just executive privilege.

It's Nigeria's crude way of carrying on the practice of not being able to sue the crown...

Used to be that you couldn't sue the FG and the President, but the 1999 constitution removed the privileges of the FG.

iswallker:


done by past military regime - so it makes sanwo ilu and the current govt less judgement debtors or what are you talking about ...

what is alternative dispute resolution that has no time limit or LASG trying to re-interpret a supreme court judgement whose content is clear - give them land in magodo - not in ibeji lekki or badagry

govt officials are arrested all over the world - except in the black underdeveloped world and thats why you will remain impoverished for life - because you treat issues of law and justice with levity

U guys are just talking trash. So a governor should watch and allow a whole estate be demolished based on what..
Law is made for the people and the society, not the other way round.
This is a case that is almost 40 yrs old. Yet u guys want the original judgement to be implemented...where in the world is that done. Even abiola whose mandate was just 5yrs old was told by international community that they can no longer recognize it.
The governor took the most pragmatic approach. Compensate the original landowners either with alternative plots or equivalent cash.
U guys will never copy physical, economic and social infrastructure from developed countries.
It's always useless laws, human rights and freedom. If this what any country learn from western nations, that nation is doomed forever.

Sincerely, I am begining to think that in Nigeria we don't need state police. State police will eventually become aberration used by the state governors to intimidate and obstruct the due process for their own selfish gain. Think of it this way, we have too much power concentrated in the centre in Nigeria today, but this has helped Nigerians to concentrate their energy and scrutiny on one man, the president alone. But if all the 36 state governors are given much of the power as the president does today, how many can Nigerians monitor and scrutinize to make sure they are not abusing their powers, knowing that average Nigerians are easily intoxicated by power. I am sure the state governors will be trying to outdo each other in impunity.

The police institution in Nigeria today only needs some restructuring, giving more access to local people who know the nooks and crannies of their communities in police jobs. In terms of insecurity, i think the emergency vigilante groups being set up by various states can help in liaising with the community people to fish out the criminals among them for prosecution.