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How CSP Jejeloye Led Lagos Taskforce uses ‘Order from the above’ to Demolish Residential Properties as Victim Petitions IGP, Sanwo-Olu
AJAGBE ADEYEMI TESLIM
SPONSORED BY: H&H
“Order from the above”. This is a common utterance from Nigerian security and government officials especially whenever they are flouting the laws.
For example, yesterday some police men who claimed to be directed by the Chairman Lagos State Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye were found demolishing and excavating building materials from a private resident at Wasimi, Onigbongbo Village, Maryland, Ikeja Area of Lagos State.
When accosted by the owners of the properties, the police men claimed they have ‘orders from the above’ to dismantle the said properties and take them away.
It was a clear crisis of threat, tears, anger and misuse of government machineries
Last Friday 28the October, armed police men from the same Lagos State Taskforce carried out demolition exercise on private residents in the same Maryland.
The police team came with heavy moving earth machinery including tractors and swamp buggy excavators with which they not only destroyed properties belonging to Lagosians but went as far as completely leveling their homes.
Alhaji Hakeem Osuolale, one of the property’s owners in the area, told SECURITY MONITOR that his destroyed properties when quantified is well over N1, 000,000, 000 (One Billion Naira).
‘They did not only demolish my buildings, they came with cutting tools and carted away all the meters and any valuable items met on my land”.
I was not served any legal document to warrant the demolition. I was not invited to justify my ownership of the properties. All I saw was a demolition exercise with just ordinary utterance that they (police men) were acting based an order from the above”.
Osuolale who alleged CSP Jejeloye of illegal movement on his Maryland property in company of a young lady buttresses his ownership of the said landed properties with documents which shown Survey Plan No. OGEK/018/77 dated the 12th day of January 1977, Deed of Conveyance dated the 29th day of March 1978 executed between the accredited representatives the family who originally own the land.
The the legal document is between Ilubamito Branch of Wasimi Family, as seller and Madam Dorcas Aduke Ogunseye, as buyer. Findings reveal this was registered as No. 65A on page 65A in Volume 1694 of the Register of Deeds at the Lagos State Land Registry, Lagos State.
“CSP Shola Jejeloye has a history of uncivilized destruction of properties at the Easton Towers, Wasimi Village, Maryland, Lagos State.
He had earlier on the 12th day of August, 2021 in the company of Idris Salako, the then Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development in Lagos State invaded my property which led to a protest litigation where I’m seeking N3,000,000,000 (Three Billion Naira) damages at the Federal High”
Chief Ganiu Sodiq, the Asoju Oba of Onigbongbo royal dynasty wonders why government will embark on demolition without prior notice.
The monarch lamenst the lost incurred by many residents and the agony associated with their homelessness.
He charges government and security agencies to be lawful and do things according to the dictates of the law.
Eyitayo Abiodun, legal practitioner and counsel to the victim of demolished houses said “ I don’t understand the reason or legal justification of the actions of CSP Shola Jejeloye, when under the guise of carrying out the orders of the Inspector General of Police, led a team of fully armed Police officers, who we understand were instructed to unleash violence on anybody putting up any resistance to the illegal demolition of private properties.
And it is unfortunate that the police which supposed to be a custodian of the law are flouting the law.
The questions we are asking now is whether commissioner of police or the Inspector General of Police, IGP, order CSP Shola Jejeloye to deploy armed Policemen and demolition team to carry out the demolition and if the IGP gave the instruction, on the petition of another private citizen or government agency.
And if the property owner was not entitled to be heard on the Petition in relation to his rights over the land before enforcement is carried out, and if enforcement is to be carried out, can it be done without a Court order?
The legal practitioner who affirmed he will be going to court to seek redress stated that it is imperative to ask if the directives were not given by the IGP, is CSP Shola Jejeloye, now above the law, and not supposed to be called to order for acting in an unprofessional manner which is oppressive to the lives and properties of citizens he is supposed to be protecting as a police officer?
In a petition forwarded to the IGP, Copies of which were sent to the Lagos state Governor, the Lagos state commissioner of Justice and Attorney General of the state, Commissioner of Police, and the Chairman of Lagos Taskforce, Alhaji Osuolale who felt cheated and oppressed over the demolition requests for a full scale investigation into the facts and circumstances of this matter. He also request that the IGP should prevail on CSP Shola Jejeloye to restrain himself from using brutal force against the lives and properties of fellow Citizens entrusted to his care as a Police officer bearing arms for the good of Nigerian society.
All efforts to speak with CSP Jejeloye over the crisis proved unfruitful as he neither pick call nor responded to messages sent to him. It was also said not to be on seat when journalists visited his Oshodi office on Wednesday.
However, Olumuiwa Adejobi, a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP and Force Police Public Relation Office, FPRO told SECURITY MONITOR that complains about activities of the police men attached to the Lagos Taskforce should be channeled to the Lagos State Government.
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LASTMA RECOVERS 2 DEAD BODIES, AS TRUCK RAMMED INTO A MOTORCYCLE PLYING ONE-WAY IN LAGOS
……motorcycle operator later died at the hospital.
AJAGBE ADEYEMI TESLIM
SPONSORED BY: H&H
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today recovered 2 dead bodies trapped under an empty long ‘Man-Diesel’ truck by Barracks Bus-stop along Lagos- Badagry Expressway, Lagos.
The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr. Adebayo Taofiq confirmed that the 2 (two) recovered dead bodies were passengers on a motorcycle riding on direction prohibited by law ‘One-way’ on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
While these two (2) motorcycle passengers died instantly, the rider later died at a hospital around Satellites Town.
Preliminary investigations revealed that a truck driver while on a top speed lost control as a result of a rear busted tyre and rammed into a motorcycle plying one-way by Barracks Bus-stop inward Iyana-Iba along Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
While the truck driver ran away after the accident, Police men from ‘Onireke’ Police Division’ took away the recovered two (2) dead bodies.
Lastma Ogunremi Olanrewaju (Lastma Commander Area D) who led the recovery operations and his team immediately evacuated the truck and motorcycle off the road for an unhindered free vehicular movement around the Expressway.
The General Manager of LASTMA Mr. Bakare-Oki Olalekan while warning truck drivers to always stop over speeding however appealed to motorcycle operators to stop playing one-way including all restricted routes across the State.
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REA to Deploy NASENI Renewable Technologies To Light Up Rural Areas in Nigeria
.. To Partner NITDA On Local Content Development
AJAGBE ADEYEMI TESLIM
SPONSORED BY: H&H
The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr Khalil Halilu and the Managing Director/CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Mr. Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad have agreed to work together to deploy NASENI Solar resources and other renewable energy technologies, to increase electricity supply to Nigeria’s rural areas.
This commitment was the outcome of discussions between the two chief executives in Abuja on Friday September 15, 2023, when the EVC/CEO of NASENI visited the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) office as part of his efforts to engage with stakeholders to promote the adoption of NASENI’s technologies.
Mr. Halilu, who assumed office two weeks ago as NASENI’s chief executive, said, “The focus is to hit the ground running by nurturing effective collaborations with the right stakeholders who will assist NASENI to fulfil its mandate of providing the science and engineering infrastructure base for Nigeria’s businesses and economy to thrive.”
According to him, “The strategy, going forward, for NASENI includes knocking on the doors of potential end-users of the Agency’s technology and engineering products, making off-take of our Research & Development (R&D) easy, while also bringing the direct impact of our work to bear on the Nigerian economy.”
The two chief executives pledged to work together to bring down the cost of solar power installation in rural areas, through efforts such as increased local production of solar panels by NASENI. The overall goal, according to the REA MD, Ahmad Salihijo, is to facilitate the Federal Government’s ambition to achieve the electrification of Nigeria’s rural areas in record time.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Halilu visited the Director General/CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Mr. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, on a similar mission. The two CEOs emphasized the need to look inward and develop local content (human and material) capacity to transform the economy.
Halilu sought to leverage on the long-standing relationship between himself and the NITDA boss, and also between the two organisations, to share experiences and best practices in management and in resource optimization.
Abdullahi disclosed that NITDA’s strategy of focusing on changing both the mind-sets and skill-sets of its staff are two critical factors that have helped the Agency achieve up to 62 percent of its goals and objectives within two (2) years, ahead of its four (4) year projection. He noted that the same approach would work for NASENI, as long as there was a well-thought-out strategic plan, and clarity of vision and goals.
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kidnapping: Again, So-Safe rescues victim, arrests suspect in Ogun
AJAGBE ADEYEMI TESLIM
SPONSORED BY: H&H
The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps also known as So-Safe Corps has captured a kidnap suspect alive, rescuing the victim in Ogun.
This is contained in a statement issued from the Office of the State Commander of the Corps, Commander (Dr) Soji Ganzallo through the office of the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf.
Ganzallo said that on 13th July, 2023, the Headquarters of the Corps charged the Ijebu Zonal Command under ACC Marcus Ayankoya to rescue a woman who was kidnapped at about 2200hrs on her way back from market.
Ganzallo noted that he instructed his men to swing into action and get the culprits alive and to ensure the victim gained freedom in earnest and they went after them immediately.
He explained that the State Headquarters of the Corps was briefed as the operation was on that the kidnappers collected the victim phone, gold jewelry, N100,000 in her possession and 1 Atm Card and they drove her away with her car.
The team could not catch up with them because of Logistics issue.
Ganzallo later disclosed that the team did not relent untill they were informed of a strange footprints on a farmland at Oke-Ako Community in Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area .
The Commander then instructed the Isiwo/Itamapako Divisional Officer of the Corps, SC Aderibigbe M.O to mobilize and lead his Special Squad to deal with the suspected kidnappers decisively. The kidnappers were tracked down after rigorous search for them as they tried to move the victim to a new location.
Ganzallo reported that
there was a gun duel between the crime suspects and the Corps before the criminals bowed to the superior response of the Corps, while one of the kidnappers, who is 32 years old named Tunde Salami and a resident of Ibadan, Oyo State was captured alive and the kidnap victim was rescued unhurt.
Ganzallo also said that the rescued victim was traumatized but not harmed.
One locally-made pistol was also recovered from the suspect.
The apprehended kidnap suspect and the rescued victim had been transferred to the Nigeria Police Force, Obalende Divisional Police Headquarters.
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