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Ondo State farmers farming in the Oluwa Forest Reserve, South-West Nigeria have sued the state government, Sao Agro-Allied Services Limited, and others over the continued clearing of their farmland despite a subsisting restraining order from the court. The claimants are a coalition of cocoa farmers, dwelling in the Oluwa Forest Reserve in various settlements grouped into camps of Temidire, Adeleye Itamerin, Ikawo, Ijoba, Ayeleso, Isero and their sub-camps, within the reserve in the Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
An Ondo State High Court in Ore has stopped the state government and a private company called Sao Agro-Allied Services Ltd. from forcefully evicting over 10,000 farmers from the Oluwa Forest Reserve in the Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. The court, which was presided over by Justice Ademola Adegoroye, ordered the authorities involved to maintain the status quo until further pronouncement.
farmlandgrab.org | Protest In Ondo over forceful eviction of over 10,000 farmers from forest reserve by Governor Akeredolu farmlandgrab.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from farmlandgrab.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.