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Land grabbers hack Oba’s son to death over govt land

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8 years ago

September 26, 2016

Land grabbers hack Oba's son to death over govt land

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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