IG probes Lagos land dispute as AIG denies taking sides vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Sunday Vanguard learnt that the team, which arrived Lagos on Thursday, visited the disputed land, located at Plot 29 Block 6 and Plot 15 Block 6, Foreshore Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, and later met with the AIG and all the parties involved in the case.
Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer for Zone 2, Dolapo Badmus, in a response on behalf of the AIG, said her boss deployed policemen to the site to prevent the breakdown of law and order, denying the claim that the police were acting on behalf of any party to the dispute.It was not clear how the meeting the IG team had with the AIG and the parties in the dispute went but a top police source said the mere fact of Adamu’s intervention means that the authorities will do the right thing.
“Our client is the 3rd Applicant/Respondent in Appeal No. CA/L/653/2015. Being dissatisfied with the judgment delivered on the 6th of March, 2019, our client, acting within her constitutional right, appealed to the Supreme Court and same is yet to be fixed for hearing. “Please note that it is trite law that once an appeal is lodged in a matter, parties are bound to maintain status quo so as not to jeopardize the efforts of the court. It is unlawful and condemnable to forcefully take possession without obtaining the necessary writ of possession.
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