NIGERIA: Land grabbers will be treated as criminals henceforth - Lagos state government

Lagos state security council meeting attendees

Land grabbing will be treated as a crime henceforth in Lagos state and the Land grabbers as criminals. 

Here is what the state's attorney general say:

"Land is a very important asset in this state and the security of title is also very important and therefore, anybody who uses threat of arms or physical threat to disposes people of their legitimate property will be treated as criminals. Land grabbing can be civil and criminal once you use threat of arms and other physical threat to disposes people of their property."

"What I will advice the public is that when you are faced with situation like this, do not physically engage these people. What you should do is to get details, video and any other information you can get on them, pass such information to the security agencies who will in turn pass them to the government and I assure you that my office will work round the clock to prosecute these people for crimes."

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"It is criminal trespass when you seek to go on other people’s property that does not belong to you. So, this is a clear warning that the Lagos State Government will no longer tolerate these activities. It is going to be zero tolerance,” - Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem