Suspected syndicate of land grabbers has been arrested by Ogun State Police Command for alleged violence unleashed on people of Agbogun village in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The suspects’ names were given as Gbenga Odeniyi, Owolabi Shobayo, Michael Ramoni, Idowu Dauda, Femi Fadahunsi, Rasmus Hammed, Ade Lukman, Yakubu Akinwande and Sikiru Balogun.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi stated that the suspects were arrested on January 30, 2021, after a distress call from the traditional leader of the community.
The PPRO said that the police at Obada Oko Division learnt from the traditional leader that the land grabbers, who came from different areas of Ifo, Atan, Gasline and Sango Ota, invaded the community, attacked the residents and also extorted money from those working on their sites.
This, Oyeyemi said, made the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Benard Ediagbonya, to mobilize his patrol team to the scene.
The police were said to have met the suspects attacking one Mrs. Oniyide Folashade and one Mrs. Agbogun, who were developing their sites.
“On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums took to their heels, but were chased, with nine among them apprehended by the police,” the PPRO said.
He added that the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun had ordered a manhunt for the rest of the hoodlums.
The police commissioner was said to have warned land grabbers that the command would not tolerate any form of violence on the people of the state.
