Kwara poly alumni ask property owners to ascertain land status from GIS

By Mosunmola Ayobami,Ilorin

The alumni of Kwara State Polytechnic Worldwide have asked property owners or private developer on the institution’s land to contact the state Geographic Information Science (GIS) to ascertain status of their properties.

In a communique issued at the end of the stakeholders’ meeting and tour of the encroached land of the institution on Thursday, the people said that the land was legally acquired and compensation paid to original land owners.

Chairman, communique drafting committee, James Ogunlakin,
said if the record of any property owner is not with the Kwara state GIS, it means they do not have any property on the land.

The old students also called for peaceful resolution of the matter, saying that peaceful approach to the matter could not be over emphasized.

They also said that no piece of the polytechnic land is available for sale between the polytechnic land and Dangiwa community in Oke Ose area.

The communique also said “All ongoing private construction works on the polytechnic land should be put to a stop henceforth”.

In his address at the stakeholders meeting on the Kwara State Polytechnic land encroachment matter held at the Admiral Mohammed Alabi Lawal auditorium, Kwara State Polytechnic, llorin, the protem president of the Alumni, Engineer Abu Salami, said the groups pitching tent against the polytechnic have graduated from land encroachment to land grabbing.

“At this point, we are of the view that they are ready to use all means including threat, terrorism, sponsored court cases and blackmailing to snatch the land they do not own.

“At this point, we challenge any of the claimants to provide any document authorising the building of any of the structures on the land in dispute for which the Kwara State Government had already paid compensation to the original owners and we are ready to proof.

“We, the alumni and the students of this peace loving and prestigious citadel of learning who have been quiet and patiently watching the unfolding scenario between these bandits and our Polytechnic management are now up to say enough is enough as far as this daylight robbery is concern”, said Salami.