Widow of the late Ambassador Moshood Olatokunbo, Nigeria’s former representative at the United Nations Refugee Agency, Dr (Mrs) Olabisi Olatokunbo, has petitioned the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro (SAN), over alleged plot by a businessman, Lai Omotola, to forcefully take over her late husband’s property situated at No 63, Iju Road, Agege......Read The Full Article>>.....Read The Full Article>>
The petitioner said her husband purchased the property in 2001, obtained Governor’s consent to his Deed of Assignment in 2003 and also obtained development permit thereafter.
Unfortunately, he died before he could start any development on the land. The widow added that despite the fact that Lai Omotola was dislodged by the Task Force against land grabbers since February 2020, she has not been able to take back possession of the land and she expressed her fears that the case may be withdrawn from court by the Lagos Attorney General to deny her justice.
In the petition written through her lawyer, Adeniyi Odunsi, it was disclosed that Omotola is currently being prosecuted by the Lagos State Government before Justice Olatunde Oshodi of a Lagos High Court in Ikeja for alleged land grabbing, forcible entry and malicious damage.
“The case file with the office of the DPP will reveal that despite the information being filed early in 2021, the defendant (Omotola) has employed several tactics to frustrate his arraignment and has refused to appear in court, save once, when an earlier Bench warrant issued against him was vacated.
