The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, has stepped up against land grabbing in Ibadan, handing over a suspect to the Oyo State Directorate of the Department of State Services. This came following a protracted land dispute, with two other suspects currently at large.
The development arose from a lingering ownership crisis between the Akoto and Ojofeitimi families over a parcel of land located along the ICAST axis in the Elebu area of Ibadan, contained in a statement released by his media aide, Adeola Oloko, in Ibadan, the state capital, today.
Newsmen reported that Oba Ladoja had on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, inaugurated a five-member committee on land grabbing and other related heinous acts. However, the committee, charged with the task of tackling the problem of land grabbing from the legal perspective, includes Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Niyi Akintola and Musibau Adetunbi, Others are Yinka Okunade, Rahman AbdulRaheem and Tunji Thomas.
