'We didn't seal off Lagos school'

• Published date: 01 February 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The Lawal Family of Lawal village in the Baruwa area of Ipaja, Lagos State, has discountenanced reports depicting its members as suspected land grabbers that invaded the Shalom Group of Schools in the community.

According to the report, the land grabbers allegedly sealed off the school premises and chased away the pupils.

But the family's spokesperson, Chief Moruf Owonla (aka Kaka), said the family only lawfully took possession of its landed property from the school owner after a futile effort to recover the property.

According to Chief Owonla, the land was initially taken by the Federal Government and designated a cemetery, but it was clandestinely distributed to unknown persons. The court however restored the land to the family over a decade ago.

He said: 'It is not true that land grabbers invaded the school, chased the pupils away and sealed off the premises. On the contrary, we went to the school to take lawful possession of an acre of land that the school owner hijacked from our family using the Federal Government as a shield.

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