News: Ogun Govt demolishes ex-lawmaker's house

Pandemonium  broke out in Ogun waterside, yesterday, when officials of  Ogun State government stormed  J4 Junction in Ijebu East Local Government Area of the  state and demolished a filling  station, guest house and 22 lock-up shops belonging to a former member of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Musa Moruf.


An eye witness told Vanguard that there was confusion as residents and staff of the hotel and petrol station scampered for safety.

Sources said the demolition was carried out while the litigation over the property was ongoing at a state high court in Abeokuta.

Vanguard gathered that the  presiding judge, Justice Hezekiah Solanke, had fixed yesterday for hearing in the suit filed by Moruf challenging the decision of the Ogun State Judicial Commission of Enquiry on Land Matters asking him to relocate the said property without any compensation.

The plaintiff, a former Chief Whip of the House, had argued that the judicial panel’s action was arbitrary and unfair.

Reacting to the demolition of his property, Moruf, who represented Ogun Waterside State Constituency in the House said  it was carried out by unidentified people who were escorted by security agents.

The former legislator disclosed that he was in possession of Certificate of Occupancy and other title documents of the said land.

Source: Vanguard