Cocoa farmers in Oluwa forest reserve in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State have dragged Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s son, Babajide and a firm, SAO Agro-Allied Services Limited over grading of their farmlands.
A statement by the attorney to the farmers, Tope Temokun, on Sunday and made available to newsmen in Akure, the state capital, disclosed that the farmers would be starting off contempt proceedings against the Managing Director of the firm, Ayo Sotinrin.
Joined in the suit is the son of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, 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.
Recall that on May 2, 2023, the 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.