15-year jail term awaits persons who
engage in forceful seizure of land in Oyo state, as Governor Abiola Ajimobi has
signed a law that criminalizes the act.
If found culpable by the court,
offenders may also be given an option of not less than 500,000 fine, or both.
This is one of the provisions of the new
Real Properties Protection Law, 2016, which Governor Ajimobi signed into law at
the Executive Council Chambers in Ibadan.
The law also prescribes 10-year jail
term or a fine 500,000 upon conviction for illegal entry into any construction
site to demand any fee or levy in respect of construction activities.
Furthermore, anyone who writes frivolous
and unwarranted petition, containing false claims under the anti-land grabbing
law is liable to imprisonment for 10 years of conviction.
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