Egbin Land Dispute: Lagos Assembly seeks peaceful co-existence among stakeholders
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have called on the stakeholders in the protracted land dispute at Egbin Community in Ikorodu, to embrace peace and respect established traditional authority.
The House made the resolution during plenary session presided over by the Speaker of the House, Rt (Hon) Mudashiru Obasa, on Tuesday when the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, Public Petitions and LASIEC submitted its report on a petition tittled ” Petition against his royal majesty Oba Aderiyomi Akeem Oyebo for unlawful trespass on Prince Yussuf Obateru Family Land”.
Presenting the report, the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Oladipo Ajomale (Oshodi/Isolo 2) stated that the Committee emphasized the importance of embracing peace and respecting the established traditional authority.
According to the Committee, its investigations revealed the need for Prince Moshood Yussuf Obateru to immediately cease all baseless allegations and frivolous petitions against the traditional ruler.
The Committee recommended that Prince Moshood Yussuf Obateru should refrain from any actions likely to incite unrest in the community, urging him to recognize and submit to the authority of HRM Oba Adeoriyomi Akeem Oyebo as the paramount ruler of Egbin Kingdom.
In the interest of peace and reconciliation, the Committee encouraged HRM Oba Adeoriyomi Akeem Oyebo to engage all aggrieved individuals in the community in a dialogue and reconciliation efforts to foster unity and peaceful coexistence.
Following the presentation of the report, the House thereafter adopted the recommendations of the Committee as the resolution of the House.
