Defending the poor and the voiceless in our society is a task that must be done for God and for humanity.

In our world, with about 7 million people, the weak and the poor, who are the majority, must be protected from the strong and powerful.

Yes, there are millions of concerned people, NGOs, corporate entities, and government agencies, etc. doing their part to stand up for the poor and the weak.

This is pious, humane and therefore acceptable.

In Nigeria, with an estimated population of 180 million people, these helpers are helpful by the thousands, if not millions.

Comrade Olusegun Adeeko, Chairman/Lead Activist, Know Your Rights Initiative, Ikotun, Lagos, is one of many people.

It maintains hard-line positions against economic crimes, corrupt practices and human rights abuses. Call it a one-man riot squad, if you care.

On Monday, Adeeko invited me to cover a peaceful protest by members of her non-governmental organization and mechanics in the town of Festac in Lagos, Nigeria.

Peaceful banners carried by members of the knorights and mechanics staged the protest at the South West Zonal Office of the Federal Housing Authority in Festac Town, Lagos, Nigeria.

Their mission was to demand that the housing authorities investigate how Ms. Aisha Onotu, allegedly in collusion with the police in Festac and suspected land grabbers, illegally sold land in the buffer zone to interested persons.

The background check conducted by this writer revealed that 12 years ago, Festac Town Residents Association officials observed that people in the house were illegally selling land to some people.

The residents dragged the housing authority before a Lagos High Court on November 21, 2005 in case No: ID/2494/1993.

12 years after the legal battle line, the Hon Justice (Mrs) Y. A Adesanya handed down her sentence and the court asked the members of the mechanics’ union in the Festac buffer zone to keep their jobs.

However, the leader of Knorights, in a letter dated April 18, 2019, asked the independent corrupt practices commission to investigate the area manager of the federal housing authority in South West Nigeria.

The manager, Onotu, is alleged to have corroborated with one Thomas Tanimowo to issue the lease to the illegal awardees and also issued a removal notice to the mechanics to vacate the land, despite the high court ruling.

This writer visited the federal housing authority office on Friday to see and hear from the area manager about the issue, but was told that the woman did not have an official assignment.

Police at various levels in our country have been informed and the national headquarters of the federal housing authority in Abuja, Nigeria is also aware.