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Sections News Editorial/Opinion Cover Choice Arts & Life Business Politics Sports   Subscription Form Click here       Daily Independent Online.         * Monday, July 26, 2004. Osun ordered to return Jeep to ex-LG boss By Gbenga Faturoti, Special Correspondent, Osogbo An Osun State High Court has ordered the state government to return a Toyota Prado Jeep forcefully recovered from the former Chairman of Ila local government area of the state, Mr. Biyi Adedotun. The court also adjourned the case of house breaking and damages filed by the former council chairman against the state till July 27.   The former chairman sued the Osun State government to court for alleged forceful breaking into his house to recover the Toyota Prado Jeep purchased by the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) for use by the then officials of the association. Joined in the suit filed at the state High Court Osogbo was the state commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matter, Attorney general and commissioner for Justice and the state Police commissioner. In the 15-paragraph affidavit to support his claims, the former council boss prayed the court to award N20 million to him as damages caused to his house and members of his family when the vehicle was being recovered by agents of government. Adedotun averred that he was not around when some men who identified themselves as agents of the state government accompanied by uniform Mobile Policemen visited his house at Okinni along Ilobu road to recover the said vehicle. He said the people allegedly damaged his property in the course of recovering the Toyota Prado jeep as well as subjected members of his family to series of trauma. The former council boss said as National Vice-Chairman of ALGON, the Prado jeep was allocated to him to facilitate the performance of his official duties and that before the ALGON National Executive Council was dissolved ”a decision was taken to sell the jeep to any interested official.” “Subsequently the plaintiff applied and upon the payment for the jeep, ALGON issued a confirmation of ownership of the said vehicle in the applicant name,” he said. In his ruling, the trial judge, Justice Akanbi, ordered that the jeep be returned to Adedotun and adjourned the case of damages brought up by the plaintiff to July 27.       Copyright� 2002. All Rights Reserved Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected]

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