The children of the late Alhaji Ganiyu Busari and the management of Constancy Farms, located in Fere Village, Jibowu, in Obafemi/Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, have appealed to Governor Dapo Abiodun and President Bola Tinubu to intervene in an alleged move by the state government to reallocate their 11-acre poultry farm to a Chinese-owned company.
The family alleged that the proposed takeover had subjected them and their workers to persistent threats and intimidation. They also claimed that attempts to demolish portions of the farm had resulted in damage to their property and significant losses to the business.
However, the Ogun State Government has defended the reallocation, insisting that it was carried out in accordance with the law.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Information and Strategy, Kayode Akinmade, told our correspondent that the government revoked the family’s earlier acquisition because they failed to pay the required assessment fees within the stipulated period.
According to Akinmade, the law empowers the government to revoke land acquisitions where the required fees are not paid within the prescribed timeframe and subsequently allocate the property to another investor who is willing to meet the financial obligations.
He said the new investor had, in an act of magnanimity, constructed a new poultry pen for the family on the land that was reallocated to them. However, he alleged that the family had refused to relocate and had instead resorted to the media to discredit the government.
Speaking with journalists on Thursday, one of the late Busari’s children, Azeez Busari, gave a different account of the dispute.
He alleged that officials of the Ogun State Government and representatives of the Chinese company had been pressuring the family to vacate the property despite what he described as valid documents confirming their ownership and acquisition of the land.
According to him, the dispute began in 2023 when representatives of the Chinese company approached the family for four acres and an additional plot of land to provide an access route to another parcel of about 40 acres owned by the company in the area.
Busari said the family agreed to release the requested portion, leaving approximately 11 acres on which the poultry farm operates.
He alleged that the family was subsequently informed in 2025 by the Ogun State Surveyor-General, Oladele Ewulo, that the remaining portion had been reallocated to the Chinese company and that they were expected to vacate the premises.
“We asked him if the government now does double allocation, but he said nothing,” Busari alleged.
He maintained that the family possessed land assessment documents duly signed by the state government and had already commenced payment of the assessed fees.
Busari said the family later requested official documents confirming the alleged reallocation but had yet to receive them.
He further alleged that, earlier in 2026, some individuals demolished part of the farm’s perimeter fence.
According to him, the poultry farm represents an investment of more than ₦1 billion, with facilities capable of accommodating 27,000 laying birds and a 10,000-capacity rearing pen. The business also provides direct and indirect employment to several people whose livelihoods depend on the farm.
“It’s our father’s legacy, it’s a community to us, and we don’t have anything else that we can do apart from this poultry business,” Busari said.
He questioned the decision to allegedly favour a foreign investor over a local agricultural business, particularly as the Chinese company is also involved in poultry production.
“How can the same government that claims to be encouraging us to go into agriculture be backing foreign investors to undermine local investors and send us packing for no just cause?” he asked.
Busari appealed to Governor Abiodun and President Tinubu to intervene, stressing that the family’s investment was largely financed through loans and that the collapse of the farm could have severe financial consequences.
Another member of the family, Olatunji Busari, corroborated the allegations and appealed to the state government to allow the family to continue operating the farm.
“We don’t want any re-allocation. We don’t want anything that will destroy our business,” he said, describing the farm as a family legacy built with borrowed funds.
He appealed to Governor Abiodun to intervene, saying, “We beg Governor Abiodun to please come to our rescue because he is the father of all of us in the state.”
