Ogun community petitions Abiodun over alleged take-over of ancestral land by land grabbers, Chinese

The Ajegunle Araromi community of Makun Sagamu in Ogun State has petitioned the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, over allegation of invasion and take-over of their ancestral land by Chinese citizens, aided by land grabbers and soldiers.

In the petition, signed by concerned citizens of Ajegunle Araromi, the people reminded the governor of theit earlier letter, and called on him to use his good offices to save them from the threat of extiction if their land is taken over by the Chinese.

Read the petition below:

His Excellency
Gov Dapo Abiodun MFR
Executive Governor of Ogun State
Oke-Mosan
Abeokuta

Dear Sir

RE:AJEGUNLE ARAROMI COMMUNITY MAKUN SAGAMU – THE RAPE ON OUR INHERITANCE-REQUEST FOR INTERVENTION AND URGENT ACTION

The above refer;

With reference to our protest letter dated 20th February, 2022 in respect of the above subject in which we wrote to inform your excellency about the ugly development and fraudulent act perpetrated by some land grabber cartel ‘Civil Servants’ working under the umbrella of directorate of Land bureau in Abeokuta in pretence of allocations of lands to the foreigners in the state and encroaching to our family lands.

In the course of our previous protest, We are reliably informed that actions were taking by your excellency through the appropriate authority to sanctions and unrivaled the perpetrators and those of their collaborators in the civil service of Ogun State.

But to our disappointment and dismay, it looks like a mystery to us on the 8th of September,2022, when a combined team from the Bureau of Lands and survey under your office stormed the ancient town with a letter dated same day title ‘Illegal Occupation of Government Lands” with reference number LM/OW/VOL.1/5 placed on various buildings marked for demolition in the community.

Sadly, we watched with disbelief when a Chinese man offered protection by fully-armed soldiers could boldly say repeatedly that he has paid for our land and that we should go and meet our government for settlement and compensation and using bulldozer to clear everywhere scaring peace loving people away on the instructions of the government.

It is traumatic and insulting to note that the government in her abnormal manner thrown decency into the dustbin and sold the land community reserved for the town hall and palace to the Chinese businessman in exchange for wealth and revenues which has automatically eradicated our community from the map of Ogun State. This is sad and ridiculous.

It’s so unfortunate and sad that despite our peaceful conduct over the matter, we are surprised that the government we enthroned with our votes can be so deceptive and callous to be the masquerade behind our ordeals in collaboration with her officials who are allegedly involved in the bribery saga with their sole intention to negatively blackmailing the government of your excellency, hence, after our previous meeting with the government officials on the site and Abeokuta office where a stay of further aggression was reached and land boarder lines deliberated on site the Chinese just waited for a while and resumed working one Sundays to clear land mass beyond the established boundaries yet the government kept deceiving us with a claimed of ignorance of the daylight robbery by her agents at the lands bureau office.

At this  junction, it is pertinent to restate our total commitment and readiness to protect our family inheritance with our last drop of blood if the government fail to address this injustice and stay action.

Your excellency Sir, we all know you to be a man of justice and equity, we strongly believe that you will never allow those few greed element in the lands bureau and surveyor general office to tarnish the image of your hard earned reputation in the public sector to hide under your gentility to committed a criminal act against the peace loving citizens by sold our ancestral home/ town to foreigner,  Chinese nationals in a fraudulent manner that will set the people’s against the government leading to ignite violence in the ancient town. It very disheartened and saddened when the Chinese businessman who comes with arrogance telling the community that he had no business with the us but rather we should channel our complaint and grievance to Ogun State Government and boastfully telling the peaceful community members that he had paid so much that can settle all the inhabitants to the Government in Abeokuta time without numbers to justify his actions. We have no doubt that the government is playing a smart game with our collective intelligence and peaceful conduct to fraudulently robbed us of our inheritance through the illegal backdated documents to prove that the said lands is fell under government encumbrance and acquisitions.

Sir, Government exist because of the governed and it was on this ground We once again cry/plead with you to swiftly intervene in the matter to avoid any breaking law and order.

We also invite all the Political Leaders, State House of Assembly, National Assembly members, Traditional Rulers to wade into this matter

Lastly, as the custodian of authority and a listening Governor, we passionately call to appeal for your indulgent and a round table meeting with parties before the matter is escalated beyond control while all parties involved respect the substantive court order for peaceful resolution by all parties to amicably resolve this rape on our inheritance.

Interestingly, the established roads of ages that leads to other communities were allegedly sold out as well by these cabals in the lands directorate office.

Above attached is the copy of the recent abetment notice served and pasted on the buildings within the community for your perusal.

Please save Ajegunle Araromi from extinction.

Thank you Sir

E-Signed

The Concerned Residence of AJEGUNLE-ARAROMI COMMUNITY MAKUN SAGAMU.
16th September,2022.