Oba Ganiyu Olusegun Awokoya, the Onirete of Irete-Ijebu in Ogun State has debunked allegations of harassment and land grabbing levelled against him. The Parapo communities in Lagos State had accused the monarch, Mrs Lola Akande, the Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperative and Oba Kamarudeen Animashaun, the Oloja of Epe of land grabbing. In 2006, when Lekki Free Zone was created, about three communities were identified as Abomiti, Yeguda and Eyin-Osa.
In 2006, when Lekki Free Zone was created, about three communities were affected identified as Abomiti, Yeguda and Eyin-Osa. However, the government allocated another land, which is 10% of what it compulsorily acquired for the displaced communities elsewhere for their resettlement, which some top Lagos State Government officials, and two traditional rulers in Epe and Ogun State, are allegedly now hijacking and converting to theirs, so as to start selling through some real estate companies.
As the 2023 senatorial elections are fast approaching, the contest for the three senatorial seats in Lagos State is between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).