BY DAUD OLATUNJI
ABEOKUTA— Twenty four hours after some political appointees of former governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, appeared brfofore the  House of Assembly committee on land matters, the state government  has commenced another move to probe the former governor for allegedly duping thousands of land owners of their lands.

It was a hectic task for the  security agencies,  yesterday,  in Abeokuta,  when thousands of villagers and acclaimed land owners besieged Oke-Mosan governor’s office, the venue of  judicial commission of inquiry on land matters to demand for justice, claiming that their lands were acquired by some individuals in the government.

No fewer than 114 petitions  were  received by the commission, while 52 were   registered  by the  clerk for  their appearance before the commission.

During the session,  the  state Director, National Population Commission, NPC, Alhaji Rasaq  Ayeni accused the state government under Daniel of   allegedly acquiring  the commission’s  two plots of land  located at Lukosi,Oke-Mosan owned by an individual.

Ayeni  told the  commission how the documents  of the  plots of land allocated to the NPC in 1987 alongside other Federal Government agencies  got  missing and relocated the land to one Dr. Oni with C of O,  urging  the  commission to  intervene in order to allow it build the NPC state secretariat.

Responding  to the petition, a  director in the  Bureau of land  and Survey, Kunle Osota, explained that, the land may have  been relocated because of the failure of the NPC to develop the land.

Osota who further  explained that the Bureau is  yet to get the record of NPC in its custody as demanded by the commission, saying that, the office had been gutted by fire on two different occasion and may not  be able to trace the file in question.

The  chairman of the commission , Justice  Abiodun Akinyemi  expressed dissatisfaction over  the explanation given by the  Director  of Land and Survey , asking him  to provide all documents relating to the matter  before the commission  the subsequent sitting.