The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said that due process was followed in the acquisition of 4.882 hectares of land in dispute, located at Bameke, Shasha, in the Alimosho Local Government Area of the state.
The co-defendants in the suit are the Attorney- General and Commissioner for Justice of Lagos State, the Lagos State Ministry of Lands and Housing, and Messrs Abiodun Rufai and Abiodun Jagunna, the Chief Executive Officers of Toobi Projects Ltd, a construction company. “The LASG, through the Ministry of Lands and Housing, entered into a development agreement with Messrs Toobi Projects Ltd for the development of 108 housing units on a land area of 1.9 hectares.
The LASG further said that the Claimants had sold or conveyed their land to third parties and as a result, do not possess the right to file the suit in court and that by virtue of Section 34 of the Land Use Act, their proprietary right had been extinguished.