Reactions have started trailing the contents of a documentary by a Presidential Campaign Team, faulting the perspective purporting that the location occupied by the Oriental Hotel, Lekki is shoreline of waste dump.
This claim is being contested in a statement signed by Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju, Trustee of Ọmọ Eko Pataki, contending that the presentation was not a true reflection of the entire stretch of the landscape.
While nothing that he would not indulge on the ownership of the popular Hotel located along the lekki Road axis, Olanrewaju said it would be of interest to the public that the part of the land upon which the property is located was allocated to a company called Kembu by the Federal government.
The retired General stated that he acknowledged an intimate relationship with this company, adding: “Im still in possession of the Certificate of Occupancy issued to Kembu by the federal government” .
The statement reads in part: “It is the lack of respect for the law by the lagos State authority that deprived Kembu of the property. It is simply a land grab.
It is a law long gazetted by the federal government that 100 meters to the shore line is a federal controlled asset. This still subsists.
“The Maroko land improvement Scheme was a project started and completed by Brig-..Gen Raji Rasaki and further improved.by Military Administrators who took control of the State after his administration. It was the legendary Alhaji Lateef Jakande who had actually opened up the Lekki peninsula when the first democratic elected governor broke through the forests and the swamps with his road building crew, erecting first class roads from Ozumba Mbadiwe to the fringes of Epe, thereby opening up the Eastern corridor of Lagos state. Gbolahan Mudashiru, the military Administrator who succeeded him pushed the construction to Epe .
“Of course, as the governor of the State from 1999 to 2007, the Administration of Ahmed Bola Tinubu added one lane to the existing two and erected a toll gates to generate revenues.
“The general upgrades that attend the continuous service improvement on the Lekki & Eastern Corridor is a combined effort which had evolved over time and leaders at every stage of their engagement have added value to the Lekki peninsula”.
Gen. Olanrewaju noted that just like all human activities and endeavors, Lagos is a work in progress, asserting that it is never an arrival.
“Government is a continuum, a progressive work in perpetual motion where all protagonists fulfil their chore and leave the scene for others to continue. That’s the rhythm of life. No one is ever etched in perpetual relevance save the grace of the living God” the form Communication Minister said.
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