Magodo Tussle: Lagos To Allocate Land To 549 Shangisha Landlords

Lagos State govern­ment will allocate land to 549 judgment creditors to resolve the Magodo Phase II land tus­sle in order to restore peace to the estate.

This was part of the agree­ment at a meeting chaired by Governor Babajide San­wo-Olu at the State House, Alausa, on Wednesday with the judgment creditors (Shangisha Landlords’ Asso­ciation), their lawyers, Com­missioner of Police, Lagos State Command; policemen from the FCT command and Police Headquarters; the ex­ecutive and trustees of the Magodo Residents’ Associa­tion, and senior government officials over the enforce­ment of judgment of the Supreme Court delivered on February 10, 2012 in suit no. SC/112/2002.

According to a statement by Gbenga Omotoso, Com­missioner for Information and Strategy, part of the agreement include the set­ting up of a committee by the state government to resolve the Magodo dispute, chaired by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, who is to meet with the judg­ment creditors tomorrow.

“The Surveyor-General of Lagos State, Permanent Secretary Lands Bureau and Hon. Commissioner for Phys­ical Planning and Urban De­velopment are to immediately identify available plots of land within the Shangisha village scheme.

“The committee is also to identify how the avail­able plots of land are to be accessed and whether any infrastructural develop­ment is necessary to access the land.

“Upon identification of available and accessible land, the state government is to im­mediately allocate the land to the 549 judgment creditors.

“In the event that there is no available and accessible land within the Shangisha village scheme to allocate to all the 549 judgment credi­tors, the state government, in agreement with the judgment creditors, will provide alter­native plots of land.

“Whilst this exercise is ongoing, the Nigeria Police are to restrain themselves from any conduct or action that may instigate violence or breakdown of law and or­der in Magodo. They should be keepers of peace and act within the confines of the law – always. All the parties have agreed to an amicable resolution of the matter.