The attorney-general and commissioner for justice, Lagos State has waded into the land matter and the  execution of judgment by judgment creditors in suit  No. ID/1752/89  involving Mr. Abiodun Ojo and Mrs. Jokotade Bakare, the two octogenarians who went to court to challenge Alhaji Imam Ayinde Akinyemi, Alhaji Bello(Bale) and Alhaji Raheem Adejumo over  the 13.31 hectares of land bought by their father, Samuel Ojo, a.k.a Ojo Barber.

The Ilamoshe Estate Landlords Association had sought the intervention of the state government on the execution of the judgement.

Sunday Vanguard gathered last week that the meeting where the attorney-general’s representative met the attorney of the judgment creditors and representatives of Ilamoshe Estate Landlords Association took place at the Ministry of Justice, Secretariat, Alausa, Lagos.
The meeting discussed how the matter could be resolved amicably.

Mr. Lekan Odunsi, the attorney to the family, who addressed a press conference at NUJ  Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, last Thursday, to clarify the matter, disclosed that the attorney-general waded into the matter through his firm to make reason and peace prevail, noting that the court has already decided on the matter.

Odunsi said  that the execution of the judgment on August 5, 2011 was by officers and men from the office of the Deputy Sheriff of Lagos High Court and not hoodlums as alleged by some people, adding that  “the warrant of possession duly endorsed by the parties and the bailiff was handed over to the attorney  general as  proof of and conclusion of execution.”

The lawyer added: “The legal implication of the execution of  judgment on August 5, 2011 means it has finally laid to rest the 21 years old legal tussle over the land in the affected area”.  He explained that the solicitor-general/permanent secretary, Ministry of Justice , Alhaji Lawal Pedro, stated  that government could not constitute a court outside the courts of the land.