OGUN ARRAIGNS OLU OF OBAFEMI FOR LAND GRABBING. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE
Ogun Arraigns Olu of Obafemi for Land Grabbing ...details how monarch defied House of Assembly and traditional council summons. The Ogun State Government on Tuesday arraigned the Olu of Obafemi in Obafemi Owode Local Government, Oba Taofeek Kayode Owolabi, for land grabbing. Oba Owolabi is a coronet Oba and a member of the Egba Traditional Council and is currently under suspension. Specifically, the government, in a statement on Wednesday by the Ministry of Justice, noted that the royal father was taken to court for conspiracy to sell property without authority, sale of property without authority, unlawful use of agents, forceful takeover of land, assault of a police officer, and obtaining by false pretence. According to the statement, which affirmed the monarch's presumption of innocence, Oba Owolabi is accused of laying an unlawful claim to 500 acres of land within Obafemi Owode town and deceiving a developer, one Dr. Michael Adeyemi, into paying him ₦75 million for the land. Th...
