Accurate information about status of land and its effective communication can greatly assist to prevent land

three in Afijio local government areas. This corresponds to 35%, 30%, 20% and 15% respectively of all the

cases across the local governments. It was also revealed that the cases have been lingering for varying length of

period. This period ranges from between 1 to 5years, 5 to 10years and above 10years. Oyo east has largest

numbers of dispute cases that falls in the range of 1 to 5 years, this is followed by Oyo west, Atiba and Afijio in

that order. The length of cases that fall in the range of 6 to 10years are similar across all the local governments.

Oyo west has the largest number of cases that fall in the in the range of 10 years and above. This is followed by

Oyo east. No cases were found lingering above ten years in both Atiba and Afijio local governments. The major

causes of dispute were ownership, unauthorized sale and trespass. Ownership claims were more pronounced and

common across all the local government and this is followed by unauthorized sale of land. The locations of

various land in dispute across all the local government were georeferenced, addresses were coded, and mapped

The desire for land is an undeniable instinct for all created being, the dead inclusive [10]. It is on it he survives,

progress and finally covered when he ceases to be living. Therefore individual, group, foreigners, family,

The available land has already been faced with varying degree of pressures due to natural and anthropogenic

factors such as population increase, climate effect, human and animal activities etc. [9]. It is therefore worthy to

note that dispute over land has made the available piece of land at particular place to be inaccessible, this situation

The scramble for the available land for investment and other purposes has made unsuspected populace including

foreign investor to unknowingly fall trap into acquisition of disputed land. This pose a great treat to the financial

which can safeguard general populace particularly foreign investor from being in tangle of land market or

This study determined to go on an errand of spatial analysis of land in dispute in local governments across Oyo

metropolis using geospatial information techniques. This is a technique that enable spatial data to be acquired,

stored, manipulated and analyzed for various decision-making process and help to contribute positively to proper

[2] has underscored the important of geospatial technique in providing spatial pattern of land dispute cases base

on various conflicting claim. The aim of this work is therefore to investigate the land in dispute cases, identifying

location and map out area of land in dispute in Oyo metropolis using geospatial information technique. This

information can thereafter be made accessible during search exercise and serve as base for further investigation

The location of this study is Oyo township and its environment or simply Oyo metropolis. It is an ancient town

located within southwest of Nigeria and Oyo state was named after this town. It falls on ZONE 31 universal grid

It comprises of four local governments areas viz: Atiba, Oyo east, Oyo west and Afijio local government areas.

Historically, Oyo town represented a sit of power for Yoruba empire that extend a very vast geographical area

The study is both quantitative and qualitative in methodology. The data sources were obtained from the state

high court and key informant interview. Twenty cases of land disputes were recorded from the Oyo state high

The result of this study will be presented using descriptive method, statistical graphs and maps. The discussion

The results of this study found out that the dispute cases on land across the local government in Oyo township is

varied spatially. The number of cases in Afijio, Atiba, Oyo west and Oyo east are 3,4,6 and 7 respectively as

shown in fig 2. This amount to 15%, 20%, 30% and 35% respectively of total number of all cases in Oyo

township, fig. 3. This shows that the Oyo east Local government experience highest number of land dispute cases

while Afijio experienced the least number of land dispute. Oyo west and Atiba local governments come second

The study reveals the interplay of various right to land such as right to sale, right to use and right to own with

cases of land dispute. This situation is a sign of land tenure insecurity and poses a serious challenge to financial

investment, economics activities and developmental projects in many of these locations. Although the cases are

still civil as at present it can however be escalated to criminal cases and lead to disruption of social order,

economic activities, loss of property and life, unimaginable social insecurity etc. especially as the town continue

to witness urban growth. Therefore, this study recommend that government intensify effort to implement modern

The study however hopes to serve as guide to general populace especially foreign investors or their agents while

engaging in a legitimate land market or transaction. It also recommends that there is need for further effort at

investigating the various causes of land dispute in this area in other to reduce the menace of dispute cases and

The authors declared that no known financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to

Data used for the research described in the article were source from appropriate quarters e.g., State High Court,

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