By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has warned land grabbers to steer clear of Ibadan in their own interest.
Oba Adetunji handed down the warning in Ibadan while receiving the Prof. Taoheed Adedoja-led Olubadan Advisory Committee at his Popoyemoja palace.
The royal father maintained that the warning became imperative in view of the fact that land and boundary disputes have remain the most pressing challenge he is facing as a monarch,wondering why land disputes had assumed such a worrisome dimension in recent times.
“We have a Ghana-must-go bag full of land petitions in the palace. It is from this bag that we take out land petitions that we discuss on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays every week subject to availability of time. A couple of times, we have had to approach the National Archives”he said.
Oba Adetunji added that “almost every local government in the less city and Ibadan metropolis is affected”, thereby making the application of stiffer penalty by the government against land trespass and defrauding of the unwary and innocent people imperative.
Speaking earlier, the Chairman of the Committee , Prof Taoheed Adedoja congratulated Oba Adetunji on his first coronation anniversary and prayed God to give him long life.
The Mogaji Mogannna, Engineer. Lere Adigun disclosed that since the inauguration of the advisory committee by the Olubadan over a year ago, they had been working on various ideas that would make Oba Adetunji’s reign successful.
