The Federal Housing Authourity (FHA) on Thursday warned the public against patronising land grabbers (popularly called Omo-Oniles) selling encroached parcels in Gowon Estate, Lagos State. He called for urgent help from FHA to prevent the land grabbers from “breaking the fence as it was done in Ejigbadero side of the estate”. Chigelu said all land in the estate belonged to the Federal Government, so the public should not patronise land grabbers but visit the FHA office for all transactions. “If they (land grabbers) don’t see buyers, they will stop selling. ‘Unfortunately, some of these land grabbers, in their desperate attempt to defraud have started tampering with them (signposts).

Source: The Guardian July 28, 2022 13:12 UTC