Herdsmen invade Lagos, take over Ancestral Lands |The Source

By Uche Mbah

Reports indicate that herdsmen have now taken over some parts of  Lagos depriving villagers of their means of livelihood.

They have reportedly taken over ancestral land owned by the Ali Moibi Balogun family of Ele, generally known as Iganke Farmland. This is at Egiri town in Eredo Council Development LCDA.

The family claims  the herdsmen are already erecting permanent structures on their ancestral land which has been handed over to them through inheritance.

In a letter dated May 20, 2021, written through their lawyer,   Adeyemi Adegbite, they urged the State Governor, Babajide Sanwolu, to begin discrete inquiries into the case.

“We hereby urge Your Excellency to deploy your very good office to  intervene in this matter, cause a very discrete investigation to be conducted and esdure that our Society is not turned into a lawless one, where might is right and power can be hijacked by a few powerful individuals or groups of individuals to the detriment of the common and law abiding citizens” the petition said.

Lagos recently has been in the eyes of the storm since rumors of alleged pending attacks by both Yoruba militant groups and IPOB.

Nothing was said about herdsmen though the Government has proposed the banning of motorcycles (Okada) and Tricyles (Keke) to replace them with buses.

Most of the operators are from the North.