A Pan-Yoruba Grou, The Afenifere Progressives, a group of young Afenifere members and advocates of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration and reform agenda, has raised the alarm over what it describes as a silently brewing tension in the Niger Delta, particularly among non-Ijaw-speaking oil-producing communities. The group expressed anger over alleged deliberate marginalisation, shortchanging and disregard for oil-producing communities in Ondo State in the administration of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). Its concerns follow a Freedom of Information suit reportedly instituted by a legal practitioner, Daisi Onetufo, Esq., against the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, and other respondents, over alleged failure to provide information requested on scholarship beneficiaries and related activities of the programme. In a statement jointly signed by its Coordinator and Secretary, Omotehinse Michael and Comrade Modupe Adedayo resoectivel...
Group Thanks Lagos Govt, Police Over Resolution of Ojaekomo Family Land Dispute ...Urges Buyers To Deal With Approved Company, Shaffykay And Co Property Ltd
The Centre for Public Accountability and Social Well-Being (CPASW) has commended the Lagos State Government, the Lagos State House of Assembly and the Nigeria Police Force for their interventions towards resolving the protracted land dispute between the Ojaekomo family and the Ojomu Chieftaincy Family at Sapata Village, Ajiran, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. The organisation also warned prospective buyers, property developers, investors and members of the public against purchasing, acquiring or engaging in any transaction involving the 27.65-hectare parcel of land allocated to the Ojaekomo family without the authorisation of its duly accredited representatives, which is Shaffykay. Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, November 4, the President of the group, Omolola Shola Justice and the Secretary , Oluwasegun Gbamila, expressed appreciation to the Lagos State Government for steps taken to address the competing claims over the disputed property, while acknowledging t...