Land grabbers invade estate, kill monarch’s son

Some land grabbers and their thugs have invaded
the Federal Housing Estate in the Alagbado area of
Lagos State, killing Jamiu Olipede, the son of Oba
Musiliu Olipede, the Olorile of Itori Oke Egba land,
Ogun State.
It was learnt that Jamiu’s death was the
culmination of a land crisis in the estate, as the
land grabbers had claimed that part of the land on
which the Federal Government built the estate
belonged to them.
Our correspondent gathered that 29-year-old
Jamiu, who stayed on Lewis Avenue, Federal
Housing Estate, was shot and hacked to death on
Wednesday during another attempt by the land
grabbers to enforce a court judgement which
purportedly gave them the portion of land.
PUNCH Metro learnt that for some months, the land
grabbers had also attempted to eject some of the
residents.
It was gathered that on Wednesday, at about 11pm,
some of the land grabbers, led by men identified
only as Sholebo, Bature, Kosoko again invaded the
estate and allegedly went to Jamiu’s apartment on
the avenue.
Our correspondent learnt that they allegedly called
him out, after which they shot and hacked him to
death.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident was
reported at the Alagbado Police Division.
The monarch, Oba Olipede, said his son had called
him on the telephone that some people were
threatening him.
He said, “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.”
A landlord in the estate, who gave his name only as
Salami, said the thugs had earlier threatened to
evict him and other residents from their apartments.
He said, “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.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP
Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the incident.
She added that efforts were on to arrest those
responsible for the killing and their sponsors.
She said, “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