Policemen attached to the Lagos Command have been accused of disobedience to lawful orders and land grabbing.
A firm, NetComstruct Nigeria Limited made the allegation while lamenting construction works on a large expense of land at Ikate-Elegushi which was subject of litigation.
Also accused of complicity were the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, and the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development.
According to the company, there was a subsisting court order that statusquo be maintained but policemen have made themselves willing tools for the land grabbers by allowing them disobey the lawful order.
Specifically, the company urged the Commissioner of Police, CP, Idowu Owohunwa, to discreetly and extensively investigate activities of his men on the land.
The firm’s legal officer, Ladipo Kehinde, said Justice O.O. Ogunjobi of a Lagos High Court had on November 9, 2021, granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the parties from carrying out further construction work on the land in a suit between NetConstruct Company and Amytorix Company Nigeria Limited and Abah Onah.
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Despite the order, Kehinde lamented that there has been continuous and unhindered development, construction works on the land in dispute.
According to him, policemen from Lagos command have continually and physically aided these land grabbers to disobey a court of valid jurisdiction by protecting their continued activities in contempt of the court order.
He said many blocks of flats have been erected on the disputed land, despite the police in Lagos State being informed of the illegal construction .
The Lagos State Building Control Agency and the Ministry of Physical Planning at some points in time also reportedly regarded the buildings on the land as unapproved and marked them for demolition.
Surprisingly, the state government forced NetConstruct to pay fine for the demolition of the illegal building and made attempt to demolish the buildings until ” Order from Above “halted the demolition.
It was gathered that the perpetrators of the disregard to the court were in the past arrested by policemen from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Panti, Yaba but were prevented from being charged to court by top police officers from within and outside the Lagos State Police Command.