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Proprietor, Lagos LG disagree over demolition of 30-year-old school building

LAGOS—The management of a school, Edwards Private School in Agege, Lagos State, and the Agege Local Government Area, are currently locked in a heated argument over the demolition of the school’s 30-year-old three-storey building.

While the school insists that it is the rightful owner of the building and the land where it is located and accused the council authority of illegal demolition, the council however defended its decision to demolish the building due to lack of title to the property.

Vanguard reporter who witnessed the demolition of the school building at the weekend sighted a “confiscation notice on the school fence.

Some residents and old students of the school, sighted at the scene, lamented the action of the council, stating that the school had been beneficial to a lot of indigent Agege residents for many decades.

The school’s books, files, and other properties were scattered within the premises as the staff were denied the opportunity of removing them before the demolition.

Vanguard reporter who covered the demolition was also harrassed and assaulted by the council officials.

A staff of the school simply identified as Mrs Adetoro told our reporter that the school had an approved building plan, court judgment, a Registered Conveyance and governor’s consent, together with a government letter of excision/release of the land (amongst others) to the original land owners, from where it derived its Title/Conveyance.

She also said the titles were duly registered with the Lagos State Government after obtaining the governor’s consent some 30 years ago.

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Mrs Adetoro also stated that the school had paid various levies, taxes and rates to Agege Local Government Area since 1992.

She also showed our reporter a copy of the school’s registered title, building approval number and other school approval documents and a copy of the letter the school owners wrote to the Agege Local Government Chairman and acknowledged in his office a day before the demolition.

Our reporter gathered that the council chairman, Ganiyu Egunjobi, had claimed that the half-plot of land where the school was built, is part of the extension to the Proposed New Agege Model Market, Old Ogba Road, Agege.

Egunjobi was also said to have claimed that the council got its title from the Lagos State government.

LG reacts

When contacted, Egunjobi confirmed that his council was responsible for the demolition. He said “The question is, is the school a public school?; it’s a private school. We had asked them to provide the land title but they don’t have valid papers of ownership.”

Lagos govt keeps mum

Meanwhile, a source at the Lagos State Ministry of Local Government Affairs, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the ministry cannot meddle in the case because of LG autonomy. The source said: “We have a Local Government Monitoring Department that deals with such matters.

“My suggestion to the owner of the school is to write a petition to the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Local Government for intervention and further action.”

Proprietor, Lagos LG disagree over demolition of 30-year-old school building

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200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS

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200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has disclosed that about 200,000 repentant terrorists have so far dropped their arms and surrendered to troops in the North East, noting that the twin strategy of kinetic and non-kinetic operations was responsible for this achievement.

The CDS made this known at the Security and Justice Symposium organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in collaboration with the British High Commission, which began at the National Counterterrorism Centre in Abuja on Tuesday.

He disclosed that the theme of the symposium, ”Securing Peace, Ensuring Justice, Protection, Conduct, and Accountability,” speaks volumes about the deluge of security challenges the armed forces and security agencies are facing.

His words, “All the challenges we are facing today have to do with fairness, equity, justice, and accountability.

“There will not be peace without justice, equity, fairness, and accountability. In our operations, we are conducting both kinetic and non-kinetic strategies, which have to a large extent yielded significant successes, and we want to particularly thank the National Security Adviser for his great support in this regard.

“Nigeria is going through so many challenges, and we feel we’re able to address this, and everybody has a sense of belonging. A lot of the security challenges we are having, we are sure, will go down. I want to thank the National Security Advisor for all the support he’s given us, both the kinetic and the non-kinetic.

“We have said it; the kinetic aspect is just less than 30%. The non-kinetic has a lot to play. The non-kinetic, because when you have democracy, people must have the evidence of democracy. As long as it tells people to sleep well and be peaceful, and they are hungry, their children cannot eat, and all this creates more problems.

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“The issue of informants. We have to look at how we tackle this issue of informants. Because these are the people who have created the issue.

200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS

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Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police

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Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police

The spokesperson for the police in Delta State, SP Bright Edafe, has confirmed the death of two robbery suspects in the state.

Mr Edafe, who disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Warri, said that the deceased were killed from the bullets shot by their gang members.

According to him, the incident occurred on Wednesday at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.

Mr Edafe explained that the deceased were leading the police surveillance team attached to the Ekpan Division to their hideout when they were caught during a shoot-out.

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“The suspects were arrested at Effurun roundabout with a bag containing 57 live cartridges and other items. They were leading the surveillance team to their hideout at Warri/Sapele road when their gang members, on sighting the vehicle of the police team, engaged them in a shootout.During the gun duel, the arrested suspects that were leading the police team were fatally wounded by the gun shot of their colleagues. The two injured suspects were taken to the hospital and later died while receiving treatment,” he said.

Mr Edafe said that items recovered from the hoodlums hideout included: one English pump action gun, one locally made cut-to-size gun and eight live cartridges.

Others were: six iPhones, Smart phones and a Rolex wrist watch.

He said that the command had intensified manhunt on the fleeing members of the gang.

 

Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police

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Akwa Ibom businessman abducted, driver killed, police orderly injured

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Dr. Samuel Ekerenam
Akwa Ibom businessman abducted, driver killed, police orderly injured
Gunmen kidnapped a prominent businessman, Dr. Samuel Ekerenam and k!lled his driver in Eket town, the headquarter of Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
Ekerena, the owner of Hephzibah Mall, was abducted about 10:00pm on Saturday, 23 November, 2024.
It was gathered that the gunmen trailed the victim to the shopping complex, shooting sporadically to scare the passers-by away before whisking him away to an unknown destination.
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The body of Ekerenam’s driver was discovered in the pool of his blood, while his police orderly was severely wounded in the gun attack.
The spokesperson of the State Police Command, ASP Timfon John, who confirmed the incident on Monday, November 25, said the Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Eribo has deployed tactical operatives to comb for the abducted businessman.
The PPRO added that the police were on top of the game and very soon the kidnap victim would be rescued and the perpetrators made to face the full weight of the law.

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