By Olayinka Ajayi

LAGOS —A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja is to hear a land dispute between Adamakin Investment and Works Limited and the Lagos State government over the ownership and administrative control of a large expanse of land linked to the Efunroye Tinubu Estate.

In the suit, Adamakin Investment and Works Limited and its promoter, Akinfolabi Akindele, are challenging several Lagos State government agencies, including the Attorney General, the Commissioner for Physical Planning, the Permanent Secretary, the Bureau of Lands, the Lagos State Property Development Corporation, LSPDC, and various enforcement agencies.

Hearing in the matter continues today.

The claimants are contesting government’s actions restricting transactions on the disputed land, which is officially registered as No. 45 on Page 45 in Vol. 2212 of the Lagos State Land Registry.

They argue that the state’s “No Transaction, No Certified True Copy” directive placed on the title is an unlawful reversal of the estate’s recognized ownership, without due process.

According to the suit, the land ownership was affirmed in 1912 by the Supreme Court and further validated through historical legal documents, including a 1954 Petition of Right.

The claimants insist that suspending operations on the estate’s title without due notice or hearing violates their constitutional rights.

The claimants seek court declarations that the government’s restriction on transactions involving the land is unlawful and should be lifted.

“That The Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, and other agencies have no right to mark buildings for demolition on the estate without due process.

“That the invitation of estate beneficiaries for questioning by government agencies is an attempt to review past court judgments and should be stopped.





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