Nigeria, Nov. 6 -- A Lagos-based real estate development company, Skyview Properties Limited, has requested police protection to resume construction work on a disputed property in Lekki.

It made the request through a letter sent by its lawyers at C. O. Toyin Pinheiro & Co. to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2, Lagos.

The law firm said in the letter dated 21 October, a copy of which PREMIUM TIMES saw on Thursday, that its client intended to develop the property at Plot 37, Block 77, Lekki Peninsula Scheme I, but feared possible resistance or disturbance.

It said the request followed a Lagos State High Court judgement which recognised Skyview's interest in the land.

The letter stated that the judgement ...