The Department of State Services (DSS) has summoned Comrade Jamiu Olayinka, a leader of the Ibeju-Lekki Peoples Forum, for questioning over a lawsuit against the Lagos State government regarding the $100 million paid by Aliko Dangote for land acquisition.
Olayinka was invited to the DSS office on Thursday, where he was asked about the case and his involvement.
According to a statement signed by the Media Officer of De Renaissance Patriots Foundation in Lagos State, he stated that he has every right to sue the Lagos State government and showed his registered certificate with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
The statement reads, “Although he was not detained, his people had insisted that he should give them all the details of what transpired as they had told him before he left for their office that they suspected the invitation was due to the Ibeju-Lekki Peoples Forum’s involvement in the suit against Lagos State regarding the Dangote Refinery’s $100 million paid to the state government over the natives land taken without compensation and claimed to have been given free for the Dangote’s refinery building some nine years ago.
“As predicted by the people, Comrade Jamiu Olayinka confirmed their thought as right. He said, ‘I was asked about the case and I told them we are not going back. I told the (DSS) man that I have every right to sue Lagos State Government for the issues.
“’And he asked to know what can we use to back up our Association and I showed him our registered certificate with CAC. He became perplexed when he saw the registered certification.
“’Their plan is to pressure us to back out from joining the case against the Lagos State Government but we will not bow to any intimidation,” he relayed his experience with DSS to his people Thursday afternoon.”
The lawsuit, filed at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, seeks to compel the Lagos State government to provide a comprehensive account of the transaction and address critical questions surrounding Dangote’s claim.
Meanwhile, lawyers representing the Ibeju-Lekki Peoples Forum have expressed concern over the Lagos State government’s failure to provide answers to questions regarding the $100 million payment, instead resorting to using the DSS to intimidate their clients.
