Ogun State House of Assembly has re- invited some of the individuals allegedly involved in illegal sales of lands belonging to the State Housing Corporation at Ibido Community Area, Sagamu Estate in Sagamu Local Government Area of the State.
The Hon. Damilola Soneye led House Committee on Lands and Housing issued the summon following the failure of a set of eight individuals involved in the alleged illegal sales of the Corporation lands to honour the two earlier invitations extended to them.
Those involved in the allegation as contained in the petition by the Corporation including Mr. Emmanuel Osho, Mr. Folabi Osho, Mr. Moshood Lawal Keji, Mr. Owodunni Sodipo, Mr. Adeyiga Jeje Lambo, Mr. Abiodun Soneye, Mr. Tikare and Mr. Hammed Sodipe.
The House Committee warned that failure of the individuals to appear before the Assembly on Thursday, 26th of June at 12.00 noon, the State House of Assembly would not hesitate to issue a warrant for their arrest to compel them to attend in line with section 129 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ( as amended).
The House Committee also invited another set of nine individuals allegedly involved in land grabbing activities known as "Omo Oniles" who were encroaching on the Housing Corporation Itanrin Estate in Ijebu-Ode.
The Committee said the individuals involved included: Mr. Sikiru Shittu Onakoya, Mr. Ismail Onakoya, Mr. Azeez Shittu Onakoya, Mr. Tunde Onakoya, Alhaji Olukorede Baoku, Mr. Adeleke Yekeen Abu, Alhaji Ikililu Alawiye, Chief Akeem Abajo and Mr. Adegunwa Kunle Oluwatosin are to appear before the Assembly Committee to respond to allegations of illegal encroachment on the corporation’s land at Itanrin Estate, Ijebu Ode, on Thursday, 26th of June, 2025 at 1.00pm prompt.
The Committee also warned that failure of the individuals to appear, the House of Assembly would invoke the relevant section of the constitution to issue a warrant of arrest to compel them to appear before the State legislature.
In another development, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Right Honourable Oludaisi Elemide, has called on his co-lawmakers to carry out oversight on their constituency projects to ensure that the contractors handling the projects deliver them in line with the required standard contained in the projects' documentation.
Rt. Hon. Elemide, who threw the challenge during the plenary, seized the occasion to clarify that the funds for the constituency projects were paid directly to the contractors handling the projects, and it was the duty of each lawmaker to monitor the project execution process to ensure compliance to the standards in line with due process contained in the bidding by the various contractors handling the projects in all the State
Constituencies.
He thanked Governor Dapo Abiodun for approving the constituency project funds, which he explained were paid to the contractors for the execution of the various projects in all the State Constituencies.
In the same, the Speaker has challenged the State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Ade Akinsanya, to speed up works on the roads recently damaged by rainfall in some parts of the State.
He threw the challenge while responding to the submission of the Assembly Minority Leader, Hon. Lukman Adeleye, who reported that the last rainfall had caused damage to the road linking Ososa junction- Itanrin- Sabo Molode, and as such, required an immediate government's attention due to the various human and vehicular movements involving school children and other residents of the affected areas.
Commending Government's efforts on Infrastructural development across the State, the Speaker charged the State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to embark on more palliative measures to ease the plight of the road users in the affected areas in the State.
Earlier while speaking under ' Matters of Urgent Public Importance', Hon. Adeleye lamented the havoc wreaked by the last downpour causing major damage to the road, which he described as critical to his Odogbolu State Constituency, as well as Ijebu-Ode State Constituency.
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