Ilorin Elders Sue Govt over Land

Date: 2013-02-04

Some elders in Ilorin have filed a suit in Ilorin High Court praying it to restrain the Kwara State Government from transferring ownership of  a piece of land from public to private hands.

According a writ, issued on behalf of the plaintiffs by attorneys from Jawondo and co, Salman Jawondo and Saka Rasak on Sunday, the suit is on the alleged sale of the communal-owned Old Yidi Praying Ground, otherwise known as the Ilorin Amusement Park.

The writ said, "The litigants are Dr Ajibola Saliu Ajia, Dr. Saad Omoiya and Alhaji Saleh Duro Garba, all of them elder statesmen with deep family roots in Ilorin."

They claimed that the land was dedicated to communal use as Ilorin Muslim Community Praying Ground from 1904 till 1977 during the regime of Brigadier George Innih, who was the military governor of Kwara State.

The elders said due to increased population, the Ilorin Eld (Yidi) praying ground was moved to the present place at the Adinimonle (now Irewolede) area of Ilorin.

They said the old Eid (Yidi) was then converted to a publicly-owned Amusement Park, a project that was meant to serve the interests of the members of the public.

The writ sated, "The land was never at any time acquired by any government but was part of the Ilorin community's decisions and contributions to the Islamic religious rites, practices and festivals of the community and later for the beautification of the Ilorin town and to serve as tourism, recreational, relaxation and event centre.

"The claimants aver that since the dedication of the land as Yidi praying ground and its subsequent conversion to Amusement Park, the land had/has remained a property meant for the benefit of members of the public and had served that purpose with the management and control of the park residing in the appropriate level of government."

Others joined in the suit as defendants are Artee Industry Limited and wife of a former governor of the state, Mrs Toyin Saraki.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Babata     Yahaya Seriki     Abdulraheem Olesin     Yakub Lai Gobir     Umar Gunu     Javed Khan     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Monkey Pox     Kaosarah Adeyi     Okin Biscuit     Christopher Odetunde     Oluranti Idowu     Kwara North     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Trader Moni     Ayinde Oki     Olam Food Ingredients     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Olaitan Buraimoh     Seun Bolaji     General Hospital, Ilorin     Umar Adelodun     Kayode Ishola     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     LABTOP     Hajj     AGILE Programme     Omu-aran     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Offa Grammer School     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Makama     TVC Female National Debate     Idowu Aremu     AbdulRauf Keji     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     ASKOMP     Mohammed Yisa     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Damilola Yusuf     Moshood Bakare     A.E. Afolabi     Sheikh Alimi     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Samuel Adedoyin     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Bello Oyebanji     Isiaka Danmeromu     Ilorin Durbar     Nupe     Tsaragi-Share     Femtech     Khairat Gwadabe     Sunday Otokiti     Illyasu Abdullahi     Kabir Shagaya     IHS     NaAllah     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     CELF     Bolakale Saka     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     School Of Nursing     Isiaka Gold     Nnazua     Sherif Sagaya     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Oniyangi     Garment Factory     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Alaaya    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sabi     Tunde Oyawoye     Shaaba Lafiagi     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     KW-GIS     Hausa     Alfa Yahaya Road     Saidu Isa     IQRA College     LABTOP     Sayomi     Adanla-Irese     Bayo Lawal     Okeose Christian Cementary     Surajudeen Akanbi     Abdulwahab Oba     Lucky Omoluwa     Shonga Farm Project     Na\'Allah     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     National Information Technology Development Agency     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Labaeka     Moshood Mustapha     Onilu     Ajase-Ipo     Elewu     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Rebecca Bake     Awodun     Emir Of Kano     Alagbado     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Sunday Otokiti     Afonja Descendants Union     Radio Kwara     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     NNPP     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Saliu Ajia     Oke-opin     Kwara State Polytechnic     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Sa\'adu Gambari     Lawal Jimoh     Post-utme     Suleman Abubakar     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Arik     Lanre Aremu     Baboko     Nupe     QuickWin     Shuaibu Yaman     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Kolo     Medview Airlines     All Peoples Party     Naira Redesign     Kazeem Gbolagade     Village Alive Development Association     Wole Oke     Oke-Ogun     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Idowu Laro     Rueben Parejo     Salman Suleiman     Ilorin General Hospital     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Shuaib Olarongbe     Titus Ashaolu     Ndama Al-hassan     Moses Rahman Popoola     Kayode Alabi