By Austine Agbo Emmanuel, Kaduna
Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for the urgent adoption of anti-land grabbing policies to safeguard displaced communities across Nigeria, warning that prolonged insecurity is pushing several indigenous groups toward the permanent loss of their ancestral homes.
Osinbajo made the appeal in Kaduna over the weekend while chairing the 10th House of Justice Summit.
Speaking through his representative, Mr. Ade Ipaye, former Attorney General of Lagos State and his current Chief of Staff, the former Vice President noted that Nigeria’s security crisis has evolved beyond temporary humanitarian emergencies into a structural danger capable of erasing entire communities.
He expressed deep concern that many Nigerian communities uprooted by violent attacks may never regain their lands if decisive legal protections are not implemented immediately.
Osinbajo warned that the illegal occupation of abandoned territories has become a growing threat that undermines national stability and weakens the prospect of reconciliation.
He further observed that the deliberate targeting of women and children in these attacks suggests a sinister motive to eliminate future generations and ensure that affected groups lose both their identity and their ancestral claims.
Highlighting the worsening humanitarian situation in displacement camps, Osinbajo lamented that many victims continue to suffer inadequate care while government attention is often diverted to appeasing violent actors.
He described the situation as a moral failure, noting that victims are left without justice while perpetrators receive negotiations and concessions that have yielded no lasting peace.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) called for robust legislative oversight and dedicated budget lines to support the rehabilitation and reintegration of displaced persons, insisting that efforts must move beyond short-term relief to address justice, accountability, and long-term stability.
