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Lawyer petitions IGP Okiro over illegal demolition

A Lagos based legal practitioner has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Sir Mike Okiro, over what he described as illegal demolition of some buildings by persons suspected to be thugs in Oreta village in Ikorodu area of the state.

The lawyer, Yemi Ogundele in his petition dated June 13 2008, stated that on June 8, 2008, Samuel Asolo, Raimi Yusuf, Mustapha Ojikutu and Murisiku Agba led a band of thugs to invade an estate belonging to Jelili Kolawole of Jellytex Nigeria Limited along Oreta village in Ikorodu.
The petitioner further disclosed that the thugs who were armed with dangerous weapons like guns, cutlasses, cudgels and charms, stormed the estate and succeeded in demolishing some buildings there, having scared away the residents, workers and farmers in the village.

Many houses were demolished, while foundations were uprooted and thousands of blocks were destroyed. The worst part of the incident is that when Kolawole visited the site of the buildings, the suspected thugs stationed at the place threatened to shoot him, while boasting that their sponsors have godfathers in high places.

Barrister Ogundele therefore appealed to IGP Okiro to come to the rescue of Kolawole before the suspected thugs succeed in assassinating him and eventually dispossessing what rightfully belong to him.