A legal practitioner, Abu Arome, is accusing the Police of complicit in a land-grabbing saga stating that the unlawful act is aimed at intimidating and dispossessing his non-Nigerian clients in an ongoing land dispute.
Land-grabbing: “An unlawful encroachment”
In his piece titled, My Odyssey: Battling Land Grabbers in the Pursuit of Justice, Arome claimed that his clients approached the courts in September 2024 to challenge “an unlawful encroachment,” only to face sudden allegations of forgery. “For over 13 years, no one ever accused my clients of forgery…”
He said that changed immediately after they dared to protect what was lawfully theirs, describing the move as part of “systemic manipulation and the weaponisation of government institutions.”
Review criminal investigations -Lawyer
Arome also disclosed that he had personally become a target, saying: “I, too, have now been accused, for events allegedly committed in 2009 and 2013, years during which I was still a university student. Imagine that!” Condemning what he called “a deeper, more systemic rot,” he noted: “I have seen how society, our media, our public institutions, and even many of our colleagues accept these injustices without scrutiny,” adding that “the press publishes unverified allegations as if they were proven facts.”
Calling for urgent reforms, he urged that “The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF should by law, be required to review ALL criminal investigations before any trial is initiated,” insisting that “our justice system cannot be great if the innocent must suffer to prove their innocence, or if lawyers are punished for standing on the side of truth.”
