Tensions have escalated in Ayegun Oleyo, a community in Ibadan, Oyo State, as residents accuse leading real estate developer, Adron Homes and Properties, of forceful land acquisition and blatant defiance of a valid court injunction.
According to residents, the real estate company has commenced excavation and construction activities on a disputed land, despite a subsisting court order restraining any development pending the conclusion of litigation.
Eyewitnesses allege that Adron Homes invaded the community with heavy machinery, armed escorts, and thugs, forcibly taking over ancestral farmlands in the Agbaoke and Igbo Olowo areas.
“We did not sell any land to Adron,” one aggrieved resident stated in a video seen by Naija Blog.
“We are the rightful owners of Agbaoke, Igbo Olowo. We informed them, but they refused to listen. Instead, they came with hooligans and guns. Maybe they wanted to kill us.”
Multiple residents confirmed that the company has fenced large areas and deployed caterpillars and other earth-moving equipment to begin sand excavation, ignoring legal warnings and community protests.
“There is a court injunction stopping any activity on the land,” another resident added.
“But Adron keeps coming, using thugs and even some compromised police officers to intimidate us. We are now living in fear.”
The community is now appealing to Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to intervene urgently to prevent possible violence and restore peace.
This incident adds to a growing concern about land disputes in Nigeria involving powerful real estate companies and alleged complicity by some law enforcement agents. On Wednesday, a similar report emerged from Lagos where the Nigeria Police and state officials were accused of shielding land grabbers despite a clear legal directive recommending criminal prosecution.
A Naija Blog investigation uncovered a Legal Advice issued by the Lagos Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in 2024, which established a prima facie case against six individuals over the illegal occupation of property valued at over ₦1.2 billion in the Egbeda area. Despite this, no arrests have been made, and the accused individuals reportedly continue to profit from the seized land.
“We’ve lived on that land for over 40 years,” said one of the affected property owners.
“They’ve built shops, rented them out, and taken seven plots out of our two-acre property. The police were used against us.”
The repeated patterns of land seizures, ignored legal rulings, and alleged police complicity have raised serious questions about property rights enforcement and the safety of lawful landowners across the country.
