MONKEY VILLAGE DEMOLITION: Developer, Ariori dismisses allegation of illegal possession of land
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By Ifeanyi okolie
A Lagos-based land developer, Abiodun Ariori, who is at the centre of the controversy surrounding the invasion of a landed property located at the Opebi area of Lagos State, also known as ‘Monkey Village’, has refuted allegation, that he connived with some agencies of the Lagos State Government to illegally take possession of the said land.
Ariori, who spoke to Vanguard through his law firm, Monye, Monye & Co, disclosed that that he was contracted by the G.W. O Meadows, Family, who he said are owners of the said land, located at 1, Foluronsho Kuku Street, Off Opebi Village, Ikeja Lagos State, to help develop the property and when he couldn’t have access to the land, he reported the incident to the Solicitor of the Meadows Jimoh, Milan Solicitors, who then reported the incident to the Lagos State Special Taskforce on Land Grabbers (LSSTF/LG) thro