....as assembly passes law with stiffer penalties.
The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adeoye Aribasoye says the end of the road is near for land grabbers and quack estate surveyors as the House of Assembly has prescribed five years imprisonment for culpable ones.
Aribasoye in his remarks at the house plenary on Thursday where the Ekiti State Property Protection (Anti-Land Grabbing) (Second Amendment) Bill, 2024 was passed into law, said the 7th assembly frowns at all forms of anti people activities or practices in any part of the state.
The bill was sponsored by Hon. Oluwayomi Ayorinde representing Ido/Osi constituency two and Co-sponsored by Hon. Lateef Oluwole Akanle representing Ekiti East two.
In addition to the five (5) years imprisonment, ten percent(10%) of the value of the land in question will be paid as fine by offenders while the victim would be empowered to recover the purchase price for the land, as the case may be.
The speaker described as criminal and annoying, the activities of land grabbers popularly called 'omo onile' who would sell land to a buyer and later throw the buyer into trouble by presenting another family head who would compel a fresh payment if the property would not be revoked.
Aribasoye noted that the criminal elements do sell one piece of land or property to two or more buyers thus creating tension, crisis and losses among affected parties.
He said it was unfortunate that both helpless citizens and highly placed personalities in the state, including lawmakers have been swindled by the land grabbers and fraudulent families who are custodians of such lands.
The Ekiti speaker maintained that the house remained fully committed to ensuring laws that permanently address the menace of land-grabbing in the State adding that such laws would empower the government to tackle the activities of land grabbers and quack estate surveyors and estate agents.
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