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The Court of Appeal, Ibadan, Oyo State, has declared the Adelupo family the rightful owner of the land at Iju, Baba Ode village, Ado-Odo Local Government, Ogun State.
Justice Folashade Ojo said the appeal brought by Chief Taofik Ebelamu for the Itusi Royal family, laying claims to the land lacked merit.
The court ruled: “For the avoidance of doubt, the reliefs granted by the lower court and affirmed by me as follows; a declaration that the respondents are the persons entitled to the Statutory Right of Occupancy over the land situate and lying at Iju via Otta in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government, Ogun State, as shown in plan number SEW/W/2532/2A made by M.A. Seweje, dated 10/10/76 and survey plan number OG/1460/2011/002, drawn by R.O.S. Alabi and dated 25/2/2011.
“A declaration that the first to fifth appellants have no right to engage the sixth defendant as an agent over the land without the consent of the claimants.”
Members of Adelupo family, however, petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) that despite the court judgement obtained through their counsel, Abraham Adeoye, at the Court of Appeal, invaders continued to terrorise residents of the village with armed thugs demolishing houses and selling people’s houses without the consent of the adjudged owners of the land as pronounced by the Court of Appeal.
The petition titled, “Flagrant disregard of court judgement, invasion of community with armed thugs and causing breach of peace,” alleged that the Itusi family “has been terrorising residents of Baba Ode village and giving members of the community sleepless nights and trauma.”
The Adelupo family pleaded for “urgent government intervention for the protection of lives and properties of people in the community.”
