8th November, 2010
The Lagos State government has accused some traditional rulers in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, of conniving with unscrupulous land speculators to sell government land to the public.
The fraudulent traditional rulers and land speculators engaged in this unwholesome practice have been warned to desist from the act or the wrath of the law would descend on them.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Lands Bureau, Mr. Gbenga Ashafa who gave the warning said it had been discovered that dubious land speculators, with the active support of some traditional rulers, were selling government acquired land to unsuspecting members of the public.
According to him, the state government had recently noticed the criminal activities of these dubious people in Ikeja Central Business District, CBD/Omole under the bridge; Omole II/Otedola Housing Estate; Magodo ‘B’ series along canal route; Olowo Ira Valley adjacent to the canal, among others.
He, however, warned members of the public to be wary of these unscrupulous land speculators who go about with fake land titles falsely claiming that the acquired government land belongs to them or their family, thereby defrauding unsuspecting members of the public.
Ashafa advised that any person intending to acquire interest in the land in the areas referred to or indeed in any land in Lagos State should ascertain the status of such land from the State Surveyor General’s Office, the Land Registry, or the Land Use and Allocation Committee at Alausa, Secretariat, Ikeja, before purchasing such land.  He also enjoined the public not to patronise criminal land speculators and their collaborating traditional rulers.
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