Calls On Lagos Governor To Come To Her Aide
A woman whose husband was allegedly murdered by land grabbers, Joke Kolapo and other victims in Ilameja Community area of Ibeju-Lekki Local Government in Epe area of Lagos State have called on Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to come to their aide.
The victims who were also residents of Ibeju Lekki are workers in a real estate firm, Topaz Gardens, the aggrieved residents, in a press conference appealed to the governor and the IG to intervene in the issue of land grabbing in Ilameja before it would go out of control.
Joke Kolapo, whose husband a bricklayer was allegedly killed while working at the site also narrated her ordeals since July 8, 2023 when her husband was shot.
Kolapo said that her husband had been working at the construction site at Ilameja community, Ibeju-Lekki, Epe for many weeks before they were attacked by the land grabbers.
Lamenting, Kolapo said, the husband was just employed as a bricklayer at the site, he was not an indigene of the land.
“I expected my husband to come home on that fateful day, till midnight I didn’t see him, he did not call either and when i tried his phone number, it was not reachable.
Speaking on behalf of the victims,, Mr Tunji Balogun, the Project Director of Social Justice and Human Rights Group, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) said that constant attacks had increased pains and sorrows of residents.
He said government and security agents need to wade into the brewing crisis, because the situation has paralysed socio-economy activities in the area.
“We are calling on Gov. Sanwo-Olu and IGP Egbetokun and other security agencies to rescue us from this lingering attack by the land grabbers terrorizing this community.
Balogun who is also a resident said that Artisans were always being attacked while working on the site by the hoodlums, assaulting and beating them with charms and using dangerous weapons.
“We have here today injured victims and widow of Late Mr Sodiq Kolapo, an innocent Bricklayer who was allegedly shot while working as labourer in the site and his body whisked away by the land grabbers.
“While other victims are still nursing their injuries sustained during the attacks in the site. “We want the Gov. Sanwo-Olu to help us before the situation escalate to community clashes,” he said
