Some residents of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, have protested against the refusal of the Department of State Service (DSS) to allocate lands to them as subscribers two years after the payment for DSS Housing Estate under DSS-Multipurpose Cooperative Society Housing Estate. Daily Independent reports.
As they also raised an alarm that considering the dimension the issue is taking place, they are suspecting fraudulent in the dealing.
The subscribers alleged that the DSS sold the lands to over 100 people but refused to allocate the lands to them two years after they had paid for the lands.
The subscribers made the allegations known when they protested over the refusal of DSS to allocate the lands on Tuesday.
It was gathered that the estate christened, Department of State Security Service Community Multipurpose Cooperative Society Housing Estate is located at Ile-Tutun in Ido local government area of Ibadan, the state capital.
Some of those who spoke during the protest held at the entrance gate of the housing estate before proceeding to the DSS Ibadan office for another peaceful protest, appealed to the DSS Director to intervene.
They maintained that the DSS sold the lands to them through its DSS corporative society.
They explained that they have been to DSS offices, both Ibadan and Abuja offices. noting that letters have been written to demand for the allocation of their lands.
Hence, they are seeking the intervention of well-meaning Nigerians, the Director of the DSS in Abuja and the Governor of the state, Engineer Seyi Makinde.
They also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to compel the DSS to ensure that justice prevail.
Spokesman of the subscribers, Engineer Bolaji Olayemi Silva who addressed the journalists during the protest, noted that those who bought the lands made enquiries about the estate from the DSS office and were told the lands are genuine.
He however regretted that the DSS failed to allocate the lands two years after they had collected money from them.
According to him, “We are protesting, peaceful protest on the lands we bought two years ago from DSS. We bought this land over two years ago. We made our enquiries, we asked questions