PROTEST OVER FARMLAND IN EWEKORO

About 22 communities in Ewekoro local government area  of Ogun State has called on the Federal government to save them from private companies ( Dangote cement, Nigeria Gas company and the Nigeria National Petroleum Company) who allegedly has acquired their land illegally and destroyed their farm land.
The communities which include Onigbedu, Aga-Olowo, Aga-Akinronbi, Aga-Odofin, Aga-Abogun, Kajola, Babalawo, Orile-Owu, Oluagun, Olujobi, Ade-Agba, Oke-Oko , Egbado, Imokan, Agbon, Lapeleke, Morekete, Eruku among others in a protest to Gasline project site constructed by Nigeria gas Company  explained that the Ogun State government under the administration of Otunba Gbenga Daniel acquired their land for a private company, Nigerian Gas Company, NGC, without the knowledge of land owners.
The protest lead by the Chairman of the Baale in  Council of Ewekoro Communities, Chief Simeon Onigbinde,  said  that the private company has caused damages to their land such that farming activities cannot be performed on it
He further explained that the NGC promised to compensate the communities within a week for the damages caused to the land but instead, the NGC installed police men to harass and assault indigenes that step on the land.
“the companies who are working on our land had brought police to intimidate us, that we can go to our farms again, our only source of drinking water has been polluted yet their (the NGC) did not pay us any compensation for the damages” Onigbinde added.
“The NGC cannot just come and exploit us and destroy our community without any compensation nor meaningful development to our community. We need schools, we need hospitals, we need pipe borne water.” Chief Onigbinde added.
The Ewekoro Communities also  alleged that the Divisional Police Officer DPO  of Ewekoro police station, CSP Wale Lawal,  of promoting actions likely to lead to breach of peace and tranquility by providing security cover for the private company to massively damage crops, land, and fishing in the community.
The communities therefore demand that the NGC immediately pay compensation for the massive damage and re-valuation exercise that was carried out by its agents and privies.