LAGOS FAMILIES LOSE 117.90- HECTARE ABORU LAND TO FG

Two land owning families in Lagos state have lost their battle to reclaim their acquired landed property measuring about 117.90 hectares located at Aboru and Akinola villages in Abesan, lagos State of Nigeria.

But the battle for the vast land may not be over yet after the judgement delivered some months ago by the court of Appeal, Lagos. The Guardian however, could not as at press time, confirm whether the families have appealed to the supreme court of Nigeria or not.

In appeal by the federal ministry of works and housing and the federal attorney general and minister of justice against Chief Rasaki Akinde, Alhaji Sulemon Bamgbopa and alhaji Rasaki who stood for themselves and on behalf of Ero/Akinola village in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos, the court of appeal justice including rita pemu, chinwe iyizoba, Fatima akinbami, unanimously allowed the appeal.