The pinnacle of the Oluwo household in Ibeju-Lekki, Nureni Oluwo, has known as on the Onibeju of Ibeju-Lekki, Waliu Olasunkanmi, and different unknown events to chorus from additional encroaching on the 74 hectares of land at Bogije, 50 acres at Elesikan, and 75 acres at Igbojiya in Ibeju-Lekki.
The household obtained judgment of their favour on June 25, 2025, after 18 years of authorized battle on the Excessive Court docket of Lagos State.
At a media parley with members of the family, Oluwo cited the judgment in go well with no: LD/828/2007, delivered by Justice Adebayo Oyebanji of the Excessive Court docket of Lagos State, Lagos Judicial Division, Court docket No. 11.
He defined how they secured judgment in opposition to Nurudeen Pedro and 6 others over the contested 74 hectares of land situated at Bogije.
Oluwo accused the Onibeju of Ibeju-Lekki of conniving with the defendants and unknown people to encroach on the land and forcefully promote parts to unsuspecting consumers.
He added that the Onibeju, in an try and weaken the household’s grip on the disputed lands, dethroned a member of the family, Tajudeen Oluwo, who had been the Baale of Bogije for about 15 years, and changed him with a complete stranger.
Oluwo mentioned the Onibeju, by road urchins, had been eradicating the judgment notifications positioned by the household to tell potential consumers and occupants in regards to the present standing of the land for obligatory compliance.
He confused that the Onibeju’s actions had stalled the implementation of the court docket’s judgment, emboldening unlawful occupants of the land, encouraging unlawful gross sales of parts, and resulting in a number of threats in opposition to members of the Oluwo household.
Oluwo known as on Oba Olasunkanmi, the Onibeju of Ibeju-Lekki, to permit the court docket’s judgment to prevail and to reinstate their brother, Baale Tajudeen Oluwo, because the Baale of the Igbojiya neighborhood. He additionally urged the monarch to withdraw his males from the land and cease the unlawful sale of land parts to unsuspecting consumers.
Nureni Oluwo appealed to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to intervene.
In his response, Oba Olasunkanmi, the Onibeju of Ibeju-Lekki, described the accusations made by Nureni Oluwo as mere fabrications and conjectures, distancing himself from the alleged acts.
He claimed that it was Oluwo and some members of the family who wished to edge him out of his rightful place as a bona fide member of the Oluwo household.
Olasunkanmi defined that he was one of many 5 members of the Oluwo household who took Nurudeen Pedro and 6 others to court docket over the disputed Bogije land in 2007.
He mentioned he remained a part of the litigation course of till the judgment was delivered in June 2025, solely to find that his title had been surreptitiously faraway from the listing of claimants who received the case.
Nureni Oluwo acknowledged that Oba Olasunkanmi was certainly a member of the Oluwo household and was among the many 5 members of the family who instituted the lawsuit in 2007. Nonetheless, Olasunkanmi’s title was eliminated after he dethroned Tajudeen Oluwo as Baale of Igbojiya late final yr.
Relating to the elimination of Tajudeen Oluwo as Baale of Igbojiya, Olasunkanmi acknowledged that it had nothing to do with the household however was a standard chieftaincy matter beneath his authority because the paramount ruler of Ibeju-Lekki.
He mentioned: “He dedicated some infractions in opposition to the ethics of his place as Baale for which I repeatedly warned him, with threats to take away him, however he remained unwavering.”
After a yr of ready to see the required modifications with out enchancment, I made a decision to take away him with out first appointing anybody in his place.”
In response to the monarch, the matter can be resolved if the remainder of the household restored his title as a beneficiary of the judgment, eliminated their males from the land, and fashioned a committee to supervise the correct sharing of the disputed land amongst all involved events.
The monarch additionally promised to look into the case of Tajudeen Oluwo, the previous Baale of Igbojiya, with a view to resolving the matter judiciously.
