Environment

JDPC Sensitizes Rural Communities on Checking Dispute, Land Grabbing

By Web News 671

By Dayo Adu

The Justice, Development and Peace Commission, JDPC, has advised residents in the rural areas of the state to legalize their land transactions to avoid cases of disputes and land grabbing arising from sales of Lands.

The Commission gave the advice during its sensitisationon justice advocacy to Ijawaya, in Atiba Local Government Area of Oyo State.

Speaking, a Research Fellow with the JDPC,  Mr. Ademola Kareem, who explained that land disputes usually arise from family and individual ownership, especially during the sharing of properties of the deceased head of family enjoined land owners to process legal documents of their lands.

Mr Kareem cautioned against the patronage of land merchants, saying only a lawyer could be engaged to legalize their lands.

Reacting, the Baalẹ of Ijawaya , Mr. Oloyede Musbau, who appreciated the gesture, said the JDPC intervention was timely, adding that surveyors had taken advantage of their naivety to rip them of their landed properties.

The community leader promised to sensitize the 37 villages under Ijawaya to arm them with necessary information needed to safeguarding their landed properties as well as eliminate disputes arising from sales and sharing of lands among his subjects.

Coordinator of the outreach, Mrs. Adenike Ibitara, who stated that the JDPC had taken the community enlightenment programme to other communities to sensitize them on solutions to their challenges of infringement of rights, expressed optimism that the people had been empowered to stand against any violation of rights in their communities.

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Crime

“Booby-Trapped” Onion Found Near Spot of Frequent Accidents in Oyo Town

By Web News 1139

For many months now the people of Temidire and Olorunsogo communities in Atiba Local Government Area in Oyo Town have been wondering about what could be responsible for frequent motor accidents at a certain portion of the expressway in their area.

According to them, at least three incidents of road mishaps are usually recorded weekly at the same spot along the Oyo-Ogbomoso express road claiming lives.

Yesterday night, the surveillance mounted at the spot paid off following the discovery of a big white onion laced with needles strategically placed on a section of the road by unknown persons.

One of the residents who is also a member of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN, Kola Olaoye told Radio Nigeria that the discovery of the mysterious onion could be the likely answer to the cause of frequent accidents at the spot.

Also speaking on the discovery, the chairman of joint communities in the area, Alhaji Sarafadeen Ajibola expressed hope that the discovery would save residents the agony of sending out distress calls to rescue accident victims.

Describing community policing as the best security option in the area, Alhaji Ajibola said the strange onion which is dangerous for any vehicle to run over would be handed over to the police while efforts would be doubled to know those behind the evil act.

Kayode Oguntona