The Royal Family of Elegushi of Ikateland has petitioned the Nigerian Army over the threat to life and encroachment to its ancestral land by an Army Brigadier General.

Elegushi, in a petition by its lawyer MA Omotayo of Bandele Omotayo & co, stated that the family of Elegushi frowned at the attempt to use the personnel from the Army Signal, Apapa to unleash mayhem on its clients.

The lawyer made this known in a petition titled; “Assault, Harassment, Intimidation, Threat To Snuff Out Life By Military Riffles And The Use Of Nigerian Army Weapons/Equipment To Unleash Terror And Wrestle Land At Itedo, Lagos State And Abuse Of Office By Brig Gen. YO Zubair Of Nigerian Army Signal Base, Apapa, Lagos State”.

The lawyer stressed that irrespective of the fact that he knows that there is judgement in favour of his client by the Lagos State High Court, where Brigadier General Y.O Subair’s Principal, Toluwaleke Megba and their family members known as Itedo community, declared trespassers on the land;” the said Brig Gen Zubair accompanied by some of his men attacked Chief Ogunyemi at his office along Admiralty Way, Lekki On July 16th 2022.

The petition, a copy of which was obtained by our correspondent stated that Toluwaleke Megba having lost in court on several occasions engaged the services of Brig Gen Zubair to illegally use the Nigerian Army to “unleash terror, assault, harass, intimidate and coerce our client to grab their land at Itedo, in the Eti Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State.”

Omotayo stated that all the cases instituted by the Megba family over the ownership of the land have been decided in favour of the Elegushi family, wondering why the Nigerian Army should be dragged into civil matters.

Part of the full text of the petition reads, “We are Solicitors to Elegushi Royal Family & in particular Chief Elegushi Ifasegun, the Opemolua of Ikate Land, Elegushi Property Investment Company and Chief John Ogunyemi, the Baale of Itedo (hereinafter called “Our Client” ) and on whose instruction we write to register Our Client’s protest and raise serious objection to use of Nigeria Army Signal Base/Authority, Apapa, Lagos State to unleash terror, assault, harass, intimidate assault, coerce Our Client to grab Our Client’s land at Itedo, in the Eti Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State irrespective of the fact that he knows that there is JUDGEMENT in favour of Our Client by the LAGOS STATE HIGH COURT, where Brigadier General Y.O Subair’s Principal, Toluwaleke Megba and their family members are known as Itedo community, declared trespassers on the land.

“Our Client, Elegushi Royal Family including Chief Elegushi Ifasegun and Elegushi Property Investment company are the owners of all land in the Ikate Elegushi Kingdom which includes Itedo, Gbara, Igbokushu, Iroko-Awe, Ilasan, Ologolo, Igbo Olube, Alajapa and Aro all in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. The Ownership of the which has been stamped with the force of the law in different cases up to the Supreme in.” (Saturday Independent)

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