Cocoa farmers in Oluwa Forest Reserve in the Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, would be returning to court over continued grading of the farmlands by a firm, SAO Agro-Allied Services Limited. A statement by the attorney to the farmers, Tope Temokun in Akure, the state capital, disclosed that the farmers would be starting off contempt proceedings against the Managing Director of the firm, Ayo Sotinrin, having filed Form 48. It was also revealed that a motion had been filed by the farmers to join the son of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), Babajide, in the matter being the Director-General of Ondo State Performance and Project Monitoring Implementation Unit (PPIMU).
The statement revealed that Babajide was in charge of directives on the grading of the cocoa farmers plantations. According to Temokun, “The farmers have filed Form 48 to kick-start contempt proceedings against the Managing Director of SAO Agro-Allied Services Ltd, Mr. Ayo Sotinrin, and have also filed a motion to join the son of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Babajide Akeredolu, who is the Director-General of Ondo State Performance and Project Monitoring Implementation Unit (PPIMU), Akure, Ondo State”. Meanwhile, an Ondo State High Court at Ore Judicial Division sitting in Ondo, Ondo State, presided over by Justice Aderemi Adegoroye, granted an interim injunction, restraining the Ondo State Government and SAO Agro-Allied Services Limited, among others, from further grading the cocoa plantations of the farmers.
