…arguing that the court ruled that the landlords and property owners are trespassers on their land.
The iNews Times reports that a contentious land dispute has emerged in the Alagbaka Extension of Akure, the Ondo State capital, between the Olokunjuwon and Umelu families, who claim ownership of the land, and the Alagbaka Landlords Association, comprising hundreds of landlords and property owners in the community.
The iNews Times learnt that the dispute centers around a Supreme Court judgment that the Olokunjuwon and Umelu families say has settled the matter of land ownership in their favor.
The families revealed that the court ruled that the landlords and property owners are trespassers on their land.
The Olokunjuwon and Umelu families are now insisting that the landlords and property owners must vacate the land or renegotiate with them to buy off the land afresh. They claim that the Supreme Court judgment has rendered the landlords’ position untenable.
Prince Adegboyega Olokunjuwon, Thomas Ojo, and Prince Olusola Osore, in a statement jointly signed by them said the families said that the claim by the landlords that the matter is still pending at the Supreme Court is untrue and misleading.
The families cited a unanimous verdict delivered by Justice Helen Ogunwumiju, which dismissed the application by the appellant seeking leave to appeal against the judgment of the lower court.
The judgment, delivered in August 2022, adjudged ownership of the vast parcel of land in favor of the Olokunjuwon family.
According to the families, the attempt to appeal the judgment of the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court was dealt a blow on April 4, 2025, when the apex court unanimously dismissed the application for leave to appeal.
However, the Alagbaka Landlords Association has kicked against the enforcement of the court order, claiming that the matter is still pending at the Supreme Court.
The association’s chairman, Mr. Fred Ojo, accused the Olokunjuwon and Umelu families of harassment and urged them to wait for the outcome of the case at the apex court.
According to Ojo, the families had pasted notices of demand on the houses of the landlords, including the private residence of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, demanding that they should come to the families for the regularization of their land ownership.
The Olokunjuwon and Umelu families, however, maintain that the Supreme Court judgment has settled the matter, and the landlords’ claims are unfounded.
They stated that the subject matter and issue of ownership and possessory right of the Olokunjuwon family of Umelu community on the vast parcel of land has already been finally laid to rest by the supreme court.
The families asked the public to disregard the judgment appeal claim by the landlords, insisting that the status quo remained on the land, iNews Times reports.
