{"id":8392,"date":"2013-08-15T11:39:47","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T11:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/dana-crash-victim-sues-lagos-for-n65m\/"},"modified":"2013-08-15T11:39:47","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T11:39:47","slug":"dana-crash-victim-sues-lagos-for-n65m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/dana-crash-victim-sues-lagos-for-n65m\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana crash victim sues Lagos for N65m"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pastor Daniel Oluranti Omowunmi, who allegedly lost multimillion naira properties in the Dana plane crash, has filed a suit against the Lagos State government.<\/p>\n

Omowunmi is asking for N65 million damages for alleged illegal taking over of his land by the state government.<\/p>\n

The cleric, in a suit brought by his lawyer, Mr. Oumide Olaiya of Dele Adesina Chambers, is contending that the state government has illegally revoked his right of occupancy to a land which belonged to him.<\/p>\n

The state governor, the Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development and the Attorney- General and Commissioner for Justice were joined in the suit as co-defendants.<\/p>\n

Omowunmi is asking for a number of declarations, such as a declaration that he is still the lawful owner of all the four plots of land situated along No 8\/10 Popoola Olaniyi Street, Iju-Ishaga and covered by a certificate of occupancy dated 28th September, 2011 and registered as Number 40 at page 40 in Volume 2011T of the Land Registry Office, Ikeja.<\/p>\n

The claimant is also seeking a declaration that the defendants\u2019 revocation of the his right of occupancy and taking over of possession of the said four plots of land without payment of appropriate compensation to him are wrongful, arbitrary, unjustifiable, illegal and unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

He is therefore asking for an order directing the defendants to pay him N45 million as the value of his land before any valid or legal revocation and acquisition of his land.<\/p>\n

Omowunmi seeks for general damages of N20 million as well as the cost of the suit.<\/p>\n

He is also seeking two orders in the alternative to the order above. These are: \u201cAn order of this honourable court directing the defendants to immediately allocate to the claimant another land commensurate in size and location to the claimant\u2019s land before any valid or legal revocation and acquisition of the claimant\u2019s land.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn order of injunction restraining the defendants, agents, privies and or anybody claiming through them or acting on their behalf from further trespass on the land until the order of this honourable court (for payment of compensation) is fully complied with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dana flight 992 crashed on June 3, 2012 into residential area of Iju-Ishaga in Lagos after being air borne for about 45 minutes en route Abuja to Lagos.<\/p>\n

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