Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has waded into the lingering land dispute in Magodo Phase Two Estate.
He visited the estate and invited all parties involved for a meeting in his office tomorrow.
Earlier in the day, Magodo residents had staged a protest over the presence of policemen in the estate.
Court bailiffs had also sealed some properties in the estate in the enforcement of a Supreme Court judgement.
The residents during the protest converged in front of the estate and displayed various placards lamenting over the situation and seeking the Lagos State government’s intervention.
Chairman of the Estate, Bajo Osinubi lamented that despite earlier intervention by the governor armed policemen have remained adding that residents had been living in fear as the policemen move around with their weapons.
Earlier in December, some police officers said to have been accompanied by hoodlums arrived at the estate with bulldozers.
The hoodlums marked some houses in the estate with an inscription which reads ‘ID/795/88 possession taken today 21/12/2021 by court order’ in what appeared to be a move to demolish the marked houses.

In a move against this, members of the Magodo Residents’ Association (MRA) locked up the gates leading to the exit and entry points of the estate in a bid to resist what they described as “forceful takeover”.
Following the intervention of the Lagos government, the police withdrew and normalcy returned to the estate the next day.
The Lagos State government condemned the attempt to demolish structures in the estate and promised to investigate.
Attorney-General of Lagos, Moyosore Onigbanjo said upon investigation those any person found culpable will be prosecuted.
He said government was concerned that the landowners, under the Shangisha Landlord Association led by one Chief Adebayo Adeyiga, misled the Nigeria Police in an attempt to execute a judgment of the Supreme Court, notwithstanding the pending appeal against the issuance of a warrant of possession by the then Chief Judge of Lagos State on March 16, 2017.
Onigbanjo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, insisted that the judgment of the Supreme Court was not in respect of declaration of title and the Supreme Court did not in any way grant title to land to the judgment creditors.
He maintained that the judgment creditors had no claim for possession, and none was granted as no survey plan was tendered before the court.
Residents on Tuesday converged in front of the estate and displayed various placards.
Residents of Magodo Phase II Estate have protested the marking of their properties and a planned takeover of the estate.
The residents on Tuesday converged in front of the estate and displayed various placards lamenting over the situation and seeking the Lagos State government’s intervention.
Some officials were seen escorted by heavily armed riot police in the state apparently with the aim of enforcing Supreme court judgment to seal the properties.
The officials used red, brown, and blue inks to inscribe ‘ID/795/88 Possession Taken Today 21/12/21 by Court Order,’ on various properties on the estate.
The resident and house owners during the protest called on the Lagos State government to settle this dispute which has lingered for over 30years.
Chairman of the Estate, Bajo Osinubi said the residents will continue to call on the government to do the right thing so that residents will continue to live in peace.
He lamented that the policemen had remained in the estate despite Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s intervention, adding that residents had been living in fear as the policemen move around with their weapons.
Earlier in December, some police officers said to have been accompanied by hoodlums arrived at the estate with bulldozers.
Residents said the plan of the invaders is to takeover 549 landed properties in the estate.