Gov Abiodun inaugurates panel to probe illegal land dealings

Gov Dapo Abiodun

Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday inaugurated the Judicial Commission of Enquiry to Review Land Allocation and Documentation as well as Various Illegal Land Dealings in Ogun State.

Great Achiever Magazine reports that the Commission is charged to undertake a comprehensive review, analysis, and investigation of land allocation, land documentation and general land dealings in the State, from 2011 till date.

The Commission is expected to unravel illegal land transactions; identify perpetrators; value government loss; receive and investigate genuine, related complaints from the public; as well as recommend appropriate penalties, methods for government loss recovery, and steps to avoid a recurrence.

Abiodun said, "to achieve this mandate, we have sourced some of the finest resource persons from across several professional and public fields". 

The Commission's members are: Hon Justice S A Olugbemi (Rtd); Adetunji Onabowo Esq (Legal Practitioner); CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun (Rtd Commissioner of Police); Mr Oyebanji Akinhanmi (Chairman, Ethics Committee, Nigerian Institution of Surveyors); Mr Toyin Aluko (Estate Valuer); Representative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS).