Commissioner Warns Trespassers On Govt Property

Scene of fire incident at a section of Ladipo Auto Market in Mushin, Lagos State, on Wednesday

The Rivers State
Government has issued a warning to trespassers on government property.
The state commissioner for Housing, Mr. Emma Okah, gave this warning during his inspection visit to the proposed site for Government Residential Area (GRA), Phase 12, at Eneka.
He warned the public to desist from buying land from vendors, speculators and developers   who fraudulently selL government acquired land.
He condemned the rate at  which trespassers construct houses without authorization or permit on the Eneka property saying, “those buying, selling or developing lands belonging to the Rivers State Government should stay action or do so at their own risk,” and assured  that those houses would be demolished  soon.
Okah stated that several warnings had been made in the past, stressing  that buyers and developers  failed to heed  the repeated warnings by government to stay away from such land.
The Housing Commissioner  stated that the demolition notice became necessary to notify all illegal occupants  of the Eneka  land that government was set to carry out development plans on that land.
According to him, “no effort would be spared to destroy all houses built on the Eneka land to enable the ministry carry out its  development plans as such persons, together with their collaborators, face the chances of imprisonment for criminal trespass.”
He also warned all illegal  occupants of government houses at the Iriebe Satellite Town to vacate within seven days or face being forcefully evicted.
Okah advised the public to clarify the status of any land they intend to purchase through the ministry or Office of the  Surveyor General   of the state, saying it was imperative to do so to avoid being  duped.

Tonye Nria-Dappa