Lekki Residents May Arraign Lagos Over Unlawful Coastal Land Allocation
Lekki Estate Residents and Stakeholders Association has threatened to sue the Lagos State Government for allegedly leasing various parts of land earmarked for Lekki-Lagos Coastal road to churches, event centres, private estate, and house developers. INDEPENDENT reports.
In a pre-action notice dated March 8, 2022, sent to the state government through the law firm of Edward Group Chambers, the residents accused the state government of illegally allowing private developers and churches to take over the coastal land road.
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According to INDEPENDENT, the notice was also forwarded to the state’s House of Assembly, Attorney-General of the state, Permanent Secretary, Bureau of Land and the General Manager, Lagos State New Towns Development Authority, NTDA.
In the notice, the residents stated that the Coastal land road was acquired by the state government for ‘overriding public purpose’ from the original owners but is now being allocated illegally to developers for private and commercial building projects.
They claimed that the various illegal building constructions on the road have now made it difficult for them to access their homes. Information Guide Nigeria
The notice reads: “We write as Solicitors to some of – The developers, registered land owners, existing estates (with approved layouts), Lekki-Lagos Residents, Lekki-Lagos tax-payers, residents and other strategic stakeholders within the Lekki corridor of Lagos state.
“We refer to all previous written communication, meetings, site visits, text and e-mail messages concerning the above matter”. jamb results
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“While all the above attachment letters, messages, and mediare ports speak for themselves, we wish to inform you, that it is the informed opinion of our clients, that a piece or parcel of land that was acquired by any level of government for – ‘an overriding public purpose’, as contained in the Land Use Act, (Coastal Road in this case) cannot be converted or jettisoned for the use of, or allocation to a mosque, church, events planners or other private housing or commercial developmental purposes.”