RESIDENTS of the Iba-Oloja community in the Ibeju-Lekki Local Council Development Area of Lagos State yesterday urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to save them from some of the notorious land grabbers who have made life difficult for them in the community.
The neighbors of the community, who attended massively, expressed their complaints about the alleged invasion of the town by alleged thugs who were also helped by the mobile police assigned to a prominent property manager.
Speaking about the crisis affecting the city of Iba-Oloja, a community leader, Chief Hasan Lawal, said: “We are appealing to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to save us from these criminals. Our children can no longer go to school because of this crisis plaguing the community. Farmers can no longer go to their farms and market women have remained in their homes for fear of being attacked by land grabbers, who regularly disturb the peace in the city.”
Lawal also noted that two of the city’s residents are still receiving treatment at Akodo General Hospital as a result of gunshot wounds sustained during last week’s attack.
The community leader said, “Governor Sanwo-Olu should help us get rid of these land grabbers. They have turned our community into a war zone and we can barely sleep with both eyes closed.
“We can’t go to the market. We cannot live our normal lives since this crisis began and the police who should prevent the collapse of law and order are looking the other way by arresting innocent people who are indigenous and law-abiding residents of the city.”
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