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Oba of Lagos blames state Government for death of Lekki free trade zone boss

Oba Akiolu also took a swipe at the community for taking laws into their hands.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode

The panel setup by Governor Akinwumi Ambode to investigate the killing the Managing Director of Lekki Worldwide Investment Limited, Alhaji Tajudeen Disu at the Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ)‎, Ibeju-Lekki on October 12, 2015, while he was settling a land dispute, resumed hearing yesterday.

The Oba of Lagos- Oba Rilwan Akiolu was at the sitting, and he had some strong words to say to the Government and members of the community.

He said  “I came to the tribunal when I heard about the matter in the media. I was instrumental to the coming of the late Disu to come and assist the state government. If I had known that he would meet untimely death, I wouldn’t have allowed him to come."

Adding that “What happened at Lekki is insincerity on the part of government and investors. These villagers are native people but have been disposed of their land, which they use for survival. The government has fault. There ought to have been adequate public enlightenment on what government wants to do for the villagers. The state government claimed some people who had been given money came back to request for more money but were not given. The $100million Dangote Company gave them was inadequate.”

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He also took a swipe at the community for taking laws into their hands.

The Oba said "The people are uneducated and were doing the right thing in a wrong way. Majority of the landowners in the whole of Lekki don’t want to work, they only want to sell lands.”

The Oba of Lagos- Oba Rilwan Akiolu is a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police and a Fellow of the Nigerian Law School.

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