Around 5:00pm on a windy evening of Friday, 23 September 2022, in the sleepy community of Oriko-Agungi, Ogombo town, Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area (LCDA) residents were returning from work and settling down with their families, when they were jolted at the sudden appearance of some stern looking men who came in a caravan of bulldozer and vehicles and besieged Roseville Garden Estate.

Just like any other private residential estate in the Lekki-Epe corridor, Roseville Garden Estate is at various stages of development; plot owners who are just moving to site, some about completing their projects, others who fenced theirs so they could build when funds are available or flip when they need cash. Many of the plots have already been developed and occupied.

Subject property is under government approved Certificate of occupancy (C of O) and many other owners with Governor’s Consent and building approvals from the Lagos State government.

BLACKWASH gathered from a resident who pleaded anonymity that apart from the police men, there were many thugs, who beat up people who tried to accost them. The hapless residents, who were informed that the men came from Alausa, the Lagos State secretariat watched as fences were demolished.

BLACKWASH also gathered that the incident was sequel to several threats and a court case with some individuals who claim ownership to the property. Sometime in 2018, a few months after the death of Mama Hannah Bakare, the matriarch (Olori-Ebi) of Bakare clan, some members of the family started to harass owners of the plots. They were not deterred despite the fact that the owners have receipts of purchase from the late matriarch and approved land documents; Governor’s Consent, Building Plans, etc. The matter was reported to the Task Force, Lagos State Land Grabbing and taken to the Lagos State High Court, Epe

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