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Commission Urges KDSG To Resolve Kabama/Military Land Dispute Urgently

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The Public Complaints Commission on Tuesday called on the Kaduna State Government to urgently intervene in the lingering land dispute between the military and Kabama community of Sabon Gari Local Government Area.

 

 

The Head of the commission in the state, Alhaji Muhammad Maude, who made the call at a news conference in Kaduna, said the dispute was over the location of a shooting range.

 

Maude said the people of Kabama community had complained to the commission that the military encroached on their when it built a shooting range. He added that on investigation the commission discovered that the Kaduna State Government had in 2012 constituted a committee to review all land issues between the military and civilian communities.

 

 

 

“Among the areas revisited was the Kabama community land issue. We studied the committee’s report which recommended that the military should compensate the people of the community with N140.5 million and relocate them to another location. But since the committee submitted their report, nothing has been done about it which explained why the issue kept coming up. We also undertook a physical tour of the shooting range and what we discovered was that the only thing standing between the community and the shooting range is a fence.

 

 

 

“This predisposes the people to stray bullets and all kinds of danger that may emerge during military activities in the range,’’ he said.

 

 

He added that in the opinion of the commission, the location of the shooting range was not in line with global best practices, noting that the ideal thing to do was to relocate the shooting range. “It is not in line with global best practices to have a military shooting range in an inhabited area because casualties are bound to occur when bullets goes beyond the range. “It will be easier and cheaper for the military to relocate to a more quiet area instead of relocating the community. “With half of that amount, the military can establish a state of the art shooting range away from the people,’’ he said.

 

 

Maude, therefore called on the state government to live up to it responsibility and act promptly either by ensuring that the military paid the compensation of N140.5 million and relocate the community. “Or look for a more suitable place to establish the shooting range for the military. “All we are saying is that the state government should act fast to avert any catastrophic incident between the military and the community. “Already, information reaching us alleged that the military have started arresting people in the community. The government must act fast to avert a catastrophe,’’ Maude said.

 

 

 

(NAN)

Fresh Trouble For Kashamu Over Land Dealings

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The embattled senator-elect of Ogun East Senatorial District, Prince Buruji Kashamu is enmeshed in another mess as he has been accused of forging documents for a landed property worth billions of naira in Ajah area of Lagos state, Southwest, Nigeria.

Kashamu, who is also fighting extradition to the United States over drug related issues, has been challenged by the family of Late Chief Ambali Bakare for fraudulently converting about 300 acres land in the Ogombo area of the state.

The family, led by Shafiudeen Bakare, stormed Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Iwe Irohin, Press Centre, Oke Ilewo, Abeokuta and disclosed that the family had all documents and will drag the senator-elect to court on the issue.

According to him, “we are here to speak to the world on the fraudulent purchase of our land at Ajah by Buruji Kashamu under the business name of Bukas Kasmal International Ltd. We have been deprived of this land, and we have come to raise alarm.

“When some of those who purchased the land took him to court, the court ruled that we, the original owners should be in court and not a third party. So, we have been making arrangements to revisit the case by heading for the courts to get justice,” the family spokesperson disclosed.

Bakare, who was accompanied by Prince Tajudeen Bakare said a proof of evidence, copy which was given to newsmen indicated that Buruji’s company and others had fraudulently acquired a section of the property sometimes in 2008.

“Some of those whose section of the land was encroached took the matter up, but, unfortunately at the court, it was ruled that the plaintiffs could not take the defendant to court, hence, three years after, we are set to revisit the matter,” Bakare posited.

When our corespondent enquired about why it took the family so long to reclaim their landed property, Bakare declared that, “we remained silence because we strongly believed that genuine democracy is about to begin and we just believe that it is God’s time to fight for us,” he said.