Oniraniken of Iranike, Oba Adewale Adeniji Allegedly Storms Community With ‘1 Million Boys’ To Illegally Claim 4,000 Acres Of Land

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Oniraniken of Iranike &lpar;Elewu Oku&rpar;&comma; Oba Adewale Adeniji invaded a community in Simawa area of Ogun state today with the  dreaded &OpenCurlyQuote;1 Million Boys’ led by popular land grabber&comma; Sir K Oluwo to forcefully take over a 4&comma;000 acres of land that doesn’t legally belongs to him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This allegation was laid against the traditional ruler by eyewitnesses who ran for their lives upon seeing the land grabbers with heavy ammunitions terrorizing residents of the community&period; At the moment&comma; some of the residents are yet to return to their homes over fear for their lives and properties&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10694" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;IMG-20211109-WA0028-135x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"135" height&equals;"300" &sol;> <img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10695" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;IMG-20211109-WA0025-135x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"135" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Investigations revealed that Oba Adewale Adeniji has been parading himself as the owner of the 4&comma;000 acres of land whereas&comma; the court declared only 1&comma;325 Acres as his own according to plan no AAT&sol;OG&sol;03&sol;94 dated 23rd March 1994 made by Surveyor Tunji Adewole&period; The act of grabbing land from rightful owners by the king is said to have been happening for many years&period; It was reported that he had at a time gone to Emzor&comma; Nestle to claim ownership of their landed properties with gun wielding hoodlums&period; Some of the communities he has gone to forcefully claim ownership of landed properties include Okerala Odofin&comma; Okelara Apena Seriki village&comma; Okerala Tarogun village&comma; Ipa Village&comma; Ososa Village&comma; Simawa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Due to his many atrocities in the land&comma; his family members disowned him and described him as a thief who uses his office as a traditional ruler to take over properties of innocent populace illegally&period; Also&comma; there are claims that a high ranking security operatives are supporting the actions of Oba Adewale Adeniji Oniraniken for personal gains<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier this year in January&comma; the Ogun state house of assembly invited Oba Adewale Adeniji to appear before the house in order to present a proof that he owns the 4&comma;000 acres of land but unfortunately couldn’t provide any&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Furthermore&comma; The National deputy chairman of the Police Community Relation Committee &lpar;PCRC&rpar;&comma; Alh Ibrahim Olaniyan written to the ministry of local government and chieftaincy affairs to immediately suspend Oba Adewale Adeniji from his position&comma; while presenting a five-point solution to the menace of the traditional ruler&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyQuote;’This is a Clarion call to you and your ministry to without delay suspend the chief land grabber &lpar;Oba Adewale Adeniji ONIRANIKEN of IRANIKE&rpar; in Simawa and environment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Secondly&comma; set up a committee of enquiry to investigate the activities of this Oba&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thirdly&comma; it may interest you to know that the social media is agog with the dangerous events happening in Simawa and environment right now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fourthly&comma; the governor himself at various times acknowledge the vital roles in security of lives and properties played by PCRC in the state&comma; even recently when the Inspector General of Police visited Ogun State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fifthly&comma; a stitch in time saves nine says that popular adage&period; Relevant agencies and institutions are been contacted and informed to stem the crisis brewing in Simawa before the community turn to war zone&period;’’<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also&comma; members of the residents have called on President Muhammadu Buhari&comma; The inspector general of police&comma; Alkali Baba&comma; the governor of Ogun state&comma; Dapo Abiodun to wade into the crisis as it continues to threaten the security of lives and properties in the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;