Members of Lagos State House of Assembly during Plenary on Tuesday, have unanimously adopted the recommendations of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, Public Petitions and LASIEC on a petition titled “Appeal for Urgent Intervention for the Issuance of Certificate of Occupancy (CoO) in respect of our Client Igbaro Oteshade Royal Family Land in excision situated at Oko-Ado Village, Sangotedo, Eti-Osa Local Government Area, Lagos State”.
This emanated following the report presented by the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Oladipupo Ajomale, who stated that the Committee embarked on an oversight function to the contentious land with representatives of the Office of the State Surveyor General, Land Bureau and New Towns Development Authority.
During the oversight, the Committee observed that visible portions of 20 hectares had been allocated as the presence of Smartcity Company and Efficacy Construction Company and there were evidence of on-going construction on some portions of the land purportedly sold by some members of the family.
It is evident that Oteshade Royal Family is the ancestral owner of the parcel of Land in question and shared boundary with Otebiya Family as confirmed by the Baale of the community and there is a valid MoU duly signed by both parties and certain amount of money was paid in recognition of the family as the ancestral owners of the property.
He further explained that there is an official access route for all the land owners in the community aside the contentious sand filled route.
The Committee recommends that Land Bureau, New Towns Development Authority (NTDA) and other concerned agencies should desist forthwith from allocating Land that had already been excised or
committed to other individuals or companies to forestall avoidable embarrassment which could put the State in disrepute.
Thereafter, The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa who presided over the Plenary Session with his members adopted the recommendations of the Committee as the resolutions of the House.
