Dispute: Yekini Found Guilty

VINDAVE · Post by **VINDAVE** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 7:46 am

Land Dispute: Yekini Found Guilty

Fined for trespassing
From Ayodeji Fashikun in Ilorin

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An Offa High Court in Kwara State has found the 1994 African Footballer of the Year, Rasheed Yekini, guilty of trespassing in a land dispute located along the Ajase-Ipo to Offa Road in Ijagbo. He was fined and barred from further trespassing on the said property.

Delivering judgement in the case with suit number KWS/OF/21/95 Justice M.O. Adewara ordered that the interest or right over the disputed land and house thereon covered by the Right of Occupancy No 0342 is null, void and of no effect.

He fined Yekini N20, 000 for 'trespass committed on the said land' and in addition gave an order of perpetual injunction restraining the former African Footballer of the Year, his assigns, servants, workers, agents or otherwise howsoever from further committing any act of trespass on the said plot of land.

In the course of the matter in dispute, it was found out that one Yahaya Lawal, (the Second Defendant) a child of the owner of the house in dispute purportedly sold the house to Rasheed Yekini over which the other children of the mother rose up to challenge the proprietary rights of Yahaya in selling the same property.

Neither Yekini nor the other defendant, Lawal, appeared throughout the proceedings of the case since 1995 until when judgement was given. The disputed property is located on a two-plot at Ijagbo, a settlement near Offa in Kwara State. What becomes of the money the former Super Eagles player paid for the house is one question on the lips of everybody.

Yekini was dragged before the court by one Alhaja Miriam Ajibola Lawal and two others for occupying the land belonging to their late mother, Alhaja Alarape Iyanda and her uncompleted story building without consulting them, which land was neither sold nor the property on the land. Deji Gbadeyan appeared for the plaintiffs while Uche Amajo appeared for Yekini.

Talk IT · Post by **Talk IT** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 12:39 pm

Dem done play Ya king 419

Larry Ashagbe · Post by **Larry Ashagbe** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 12:41 pm

Land dispute na serious problem in Nigeria and does cost lives.

Buyers beware.

VINDAVE · Post by **VINDAVE** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 1:03 pm

Larry Ashagbe wrote:Land dispute na serious problem in Nigeria and does cost lives.

Buyers beware.

That is TRUE Larry, I don't pray anyone to fall into such a trash... is even full of DIBOLISM... Many Babalawo don get plenti chickens for sake of Land well well... Na only God go help us plus Yeking.

RudeBoy · Post by **RudeBoy** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 3:06 pm

Dem for give the land to Goal fada now! After all the joy he has given Naija!

Elexus · Post by **Elexus** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 4:20 pm

I don't understand this. Was there no proper transfer of title? How could Yekini buy a land without his lawyer checking to see who had title to the property? I really sympathise with him.

ruff'n'tuff · Post by **ruff'n'tuff** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 4:26 pm

Good advice Larry.

Ebyboy · Post by **Ebyboy** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 4:31 pm

Hmmmmm.........E get as e be. This looks like a case of not looking before you leap.

PaJimoh · Post by **PaJimoh** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 4:33 pm

Rule of law guys, I'm about to move this thread to Rant & Rave.

Post by **Waffiman** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 4:48 pm

Larry Ashagbe wrote:Land dispute na serious problem in Nigeria and does cost lives.

Buyers beware.

Spot on Larry.

Molue Conductor · Post by **Molue Conductor** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 5:39 pm

is this rant and rave related