The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja,has surrendered a land grabbing suspect to the Oyo State Directorate of State Security Service, (DSS) in an aggressive fight against the act.
His media aide to Olubadan of Ibadanland, Adeola Oloko,conveyed this in a statement on Wednesday.
According to the statement, trouble started when two families, Akoto and Ojofeitimi sought the intervention of Olubadan to help settle the lingering dispute over the ownership of land where the Ojofeitimis reside along ICAST, Elebu Area of the city.
The Akoto family, represented by three individuals had claimed ownership of part of the land.However,the Ojofeitimi family disagreed, saying the whole land belongs to them.
The two families were later invited to a mini- meeting of the Olubadan-in-Council sometime last month to make their presentations and submit proofs of ownership for verification.
The Olubadan intervened on the strength that there should be no more threat and further development on the land in question pending the outcome of the investigation on the matter.
Luck ran out of the land grabbing suspects on Tuesday when the two parties to the dispute were invited to the presentation of the investigation outcome at the Olubadan Palace, Oke-Aremo, Ibadan.
At the meeting,the duo were told that the land inhabited by the Ojofeitimi family along ICAST Elebu Area,Ibadan does not belong to the Akoto family,adding that the survey plans purportedly submitted as proofs of ownership by the two warring factions are very clear.
Presenting the report, the Chairman, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, Oyo State, Surveyor Ajibade Bashiru Bolanle told the meeting that his findings from personal survey and the records from the State Ministry of Lands showed that while Ojofeitimi survey plan has red copy, that of Akoto does not.
Two of three members of Akoto group did not show up at the meeting. The matter became serious when it was alleged that despite stern warning by the Olubadan and his Council that the parties should give peace a chance, one Kunle Ojofeitimi was allegedly assaulted and battered, treated at Adeoyo State Hospital for wounds during the period of investigation.
The matter was reported to the Police, and fuelled speculation that the two others were intentionally absent.
