Wale Jagun
The Lagos State Government, on Thursday (today), said that it has reclaimed the encroached portion of the Ikorodu GRA Scheme III, located in Odonla, Lucky Fibre axis of Ikorodu.
Dr Idris Salako, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, made the disclosure in a statement issued by Mukaila Sanusi, Deputy Director, Public Affairs Department of the Ministry.
The Commissioner stated that the government had to dislodge the illegal occupants and return the affected portion of Land to the original allottees, who are with Certificates of Occupancy issued by the Lands Bureau.
He added that the move was to restore confidence in Government schemes, give deserved restitution to the rights of the original allottees and also forestall the bastardisation of the scheme.
Salako said that the action, which was prompted by the unlawful estrangement of the rightful owners from their properties, the unconscionable development by usurpers and the deafening complaints of allottees, was a follow-up to the service of statutory notices, including the stop-work order of February 4th, 2022.
He warned that land grabbers parading themselves as ‘Omo-Onile’, should stop further encroachment on Government Land, while urging unsuspecting buyers to beware of such land offers.
