Daily Trust
Beyond what trailed the exchange of words between Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) at the disputed Magodo Estate Phase Two, was a land dispute that has lingered for over three decades.
The land, which was reportedly taken over by a military governor for public purposes ended up in the hands of privileged individuals.
The recent crisis arose from a court judgement, which favours judgement creditors involved in the land dispute.
While the judgment creditors insist on taking over possession of the plots of land, the residents and occupants of the disputed lands protest what they called “illegal possession of their properties.”
The deployment of policemen from Abuja further raised the tension that has characterised the area since last month when the judgment creditors moved to take possession of the properties.
To forestall the imminent breakdown of law and order, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu stormed the area on Tuesday where he invited all parties for a peaceful resolution of the impasse.
However, the governor had an encounter with a Police CSP heading the team sent to the Estate reportedly by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami.
The encounter generated a media frenzy and a supposed defiance of the orders of a governor by a junior police officer, which was termed as a show of ‘disrespect’ to the governor in the first place.
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