Members of Association of Land and Estate Owners, ALEO, in Lagos and Ogun States, have reiterated their belief in present democratic dispensation and support for the rule of law.

President of ALEO, Chief Mutairu Owoeye, who addressed newsmen in Lagos, urged his members not to do anything outside the law.
Owoeye, who is also the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Mutairu Owoeye & Company Ltd, an estate agency, said the clarification became necessary following a recent publication linking him and some members of the association to certain acts in 14 communities within Lagos-Ogun boundary in the outskirts of Ikorodu.

Owoeye said: “Ordinarily, I don’t join issues with people on the pages of newspapers, but I am now forced to put the records straight. A group of hoodlums invaded Oke-Agbo community early this year and sacked the entire community.
“As law-abiding citizens, we wrote to the Inspect-General of Police to intervene, consequent upon which the police boss sent a crack team of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, from Abuja, which stormed the area and arrested six of the hoodlums with guns and other offensive weapons.

Owoeye said since then, peace returned to Oke-Agbo and the adjourning villages, following which the residents wrote a letter of appreciation to the police boss in April and the content of the letter was widely reported by the media.
The Baale of Oke-Agbo community, Chief Jimoh Ashafa, speaking on behalf of Adeboyejo Olutusen descendants, denied any form of break-down of law and order in Oke-Agbo and its environ.