{
  "id": 14011693,
  "title": "Budo-Osho, Tanke, Ilorin Land Protest: Developer Claims Title Over Disputed Land",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/budo-osho-tanke-ilorin-land-protest-developer-claims-title-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T17:11:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/12/budo-osho-tanke-ilorin-land-protest-developer-claims-title-over-disputed-land/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A land dispute between Kwara State residents and the estate developer Sammya Nigeria Limited has escalated in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State. The conflict centers on a piece of land in the Budo-Osho, Tanke area of the city. Some landowners recently protested at the Kwara State Government House and the state's Bureau of Land, accusing Sammya Nigeria Limited of taking ownership of their properties and demolishing their buildings. However, Sammya Nigeria Limited refuted these allegations. The company claims to have acquired the land from the Kwara State Government in 2018 and holds three Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) for three locations: Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3. Sammya Nigeria Limited's General Manager, Olatunji Idowu, explained that the company approached the Bureau of Lands to mark structures encroaching on their titled land. The Bureau of Lands conducted an exercise and submitted a land encroachment report to Sammya Nigeria Limited. Despite this, some individuals allegedly occupied portions of the titled land without proof of ownership and disrupted the company's construction activities. Sammya Nigeria Limited subsequently filed a petition with the Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Police Command, and invited community leaders to discuss the situation. Idowu stressed that the alleged demolition of buildings was not authorized by the Kwara State Government. Instead, it was part of the approved development process, involving the removal of obstructions within the planned roads. Sammya Nigeria Limited maintains that the incident arose from alleged encroachment on their titled land and the obstruction of approved development activities. They have gathered relevant land ownership documents, photographs, and video recordings to support their position and assist the police in their investigation.",
  "summary": "The dispute between Kwara State residents and Sammya Nigeria Limited, an estate developer, over a piece of land in Budo-Osho, Tanke area of Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, has",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}