FESTAC land dispute: FHA to appeal judgment

The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has urged its land allottees in FESTAC Phase II, Festival Town, and Lagos to maintain peace and refrain from joining issues with the Kuje-Amuwo community which recently secured a court judgment against it over a disputed portion of the area, saying it will appeal. According to a statement signed at […]

The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has urged its land allottees in FESTAC Phase II, Festival Town, and Lagos to maintain peace and refrain from joining issues with the Kuje-Amuwo community which recently secured a court judgment against it over a disputed portion of the area, saying it will appeal.
According to a statement signed at the weekend by its Head, Corporate Communications, Mr. Tunde Ipinmisho, FHA decried the resort to self-help by the plaintiffs in the case even as the copies of the judgment were yet to be obtained.
It noted that only court bailiffs, sheriffs and the police were empowered to enforce court judgments under the Sheriff and Civil Processes Act, saying that the destruction of property and the demolition of the ongoing FHA approved projects in FESTAC Phase II, including projects of the federal government concessionaire for the reclamation and sand filling of the area amounted to self-help and a breach of the law.
The Alamuwo of Kuje Amuwo, Oba Isaac Owolabi and three others had instituted a suit against the FHA claiming that about 4.017 hectares being a portion of land in the Phase II of Festival Town belong to the Amuwo community and was not properly acquired.