The Osun State House of Assembly has passed the ‘Osun State Forceful Entry and Illegal Occupation of Landed Properties (Prohibition) Bill, 2019’ which prohibits the activities of land-grabbers in the state.
When signed into law, the bill provides that whoever contravenes it will be liable to 20 years imprisonment without an option of fine.
In a statement released over the weekend, the Chairman, Assembly Committee on Information and Strategy, Mr Tunbosun Oyintiloye, noted that said other bills passed by the assembly, were the Osun State Audit Bill, 2019; Osun State Legislative Funds Management Bill, 2019, the Osun State Islamic and Customary Marriages (Registration) Bill, 2019, and the Osun State Urban and Regional Planning Bill, 2019.
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On the bill against forceful takeover of landed property, the statement said, “A group or group of persons, who, having used force to take over a landed property in the state before the commencement of this law and remain in possession of the said property three months after the commencement of the law commits an offence.
“A person who commits an offence under the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) shall, on conviction, be liable to 20 years imprisonment without an option of fine.”