‘ How Chinese Family Tried To Take Land of 13 families In Ogun community” Man Narrates

Chinese investors have reportedly threatened the life of Ajose, from Igbesa in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.

He raised a “save my soul” alarm over an alleged threat to his life by the Chinese investors working with the support of the police to forcibly take the land of 13 families in the community.

The umbrella body of Chinese businesses under the auspices of Ogun-Guangdong Free Trade Zone in the Igbesa area of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun state has debunked allegations of encroachment on hectares of land levelled against it by a retired headmaster, Solomon Gbadebo Ajose.

He narrated his ordeal in a series of video clips on his Twitter handle, the retired headmaster who claimed to be the leader of the 13 affected families, said he had gone into hiding as the Chinese men who were always escorted by policemen deployed by the Area Commander of Agbara Police Division.

Ajose alleged that they had been looking for him to either kill him or abduct him.

Emphasising that his life was in “serious danger,” Ajose said that the “Chinese with the support of the Area Commander of Agbara Police Station are seriously looking for how to exterminate my life because of land issue.”However, in a statement on Thursday, the investors explained that the entire 2000.407 hectares of land in the zone were allocated to it by the government in 2007.

The statement added that the Certificate of Occupancy for the land was also given to the Free Trade Zone by a former governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniels.

It added that the zone had been making frantic efforts to ensure the influx of more investors into the state, describing Ajose as a “land grabber”.

The statement read, “Our attention has been drawn to the mischievous, incongruous, discriminatory, misinforming and utterly baseless publication accredited to your platform.

“For the record, OGUN-GUANGDONG FREE TRADE ZONE, Igbesa, Ado-Odo Ota, Ogun State is a joint partnership investment between the Ogun State government and the Chinese investors.

“The government of the former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniels in 2007 signed a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) covering a land area of 2000.407 hectares. It’s worthy to note that the land mentioned is under government acquisition since 1977. By 2008, the Zone was officially commissioned leading to the establishment of several foreign companies.

“Several public notices have been made by the state government including radio jingles, newspaper caveat emptor announcements, town hall meetings and others to inform and educate the general public particularly the host communities.

“It must be noted that the person accredited to have insinuated this publication is a perennial and serial land grabber, who delights in causing social disorder is neither the communities spokesperson but rather a persona non grata who is currently on the run from security operatives for leading an attack on Ogun State Bureau of Lands officials where a senior official sustained a life threatening injury.

“The Management of Ogun – Guangdong Free Trade Zone is highly disappointed with the publishers for not carrying out investigative journalism as their profession demands but chose to serve as a medium to collude and peddle blatant lies, misinforming the general public which has the tendency to ignite social disorder.

“We request that the publishers tender an unreserved apology through a publication on the platform and others.”