Oyo State Government has demolished some structures at Omololu Olunloyo GRA, Ring Road, Adeoyo, Ibadan, over illegal acquisition of land, unlawful entry into the GRA, and non-compliance with physical planning rules and regulations by occupants.
The demolition was extended to Aquatech College of Agriculture and Technology in Ibadan as the owner engages in the leasing of government lands without approval.
A statement by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Land, Housing, and Urban Development, Rotimi Babalola, on behalf of the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mrs. Mofoluke Adebiyi, said the exercise was to restore sanity to land use management, urban and physical planning, and development in Oyo State.
“Mrs. Adebiyi revealed that the land in question was acquired by the government of the western region for the construction of Adeoyo Hospital Ring Road and other uses, adding that the traditional owners were duly compensated during the period.
She explained that several notices were served by the Bureau of Physical Planning over the years, but affected occupants failed to do the needful.
Her words: “Historically, this place was acquired by the government of the western region for Adeoyo State Hospital; part of it is for GRA, and traditional owners were compensated duly.”
“Successive administrations have sounded notes of warning, but people thought the government was joking, so we decided to move around today and act accordingly’.
She said further: “We realised that some are practising agriculture, which is very wrong in a GRA. They have birds and some animals in temporary structures, but we gave them 24 hours to vacate the birds and animals because they are living things”.
