The nine members of a notorious landgrabbers arrested by the Ogun State Police Command now risk death sentence, if found guilty of the crime by the court, and this is in line with the Ogun State law which prescribed death sentence for land grabbers.
The suspects identified as syndicate, alleged to be notorious in unleashing terror on people of Agbogun village in Ewekoro local government of the state were arrested by the police on January 30.
The Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the arrest, gave identities of the suspects as include: Gbenga Odeniyi, Owolabi Shobayo, Michael Ramoni, Idowu Dauda, Femi Fadahunsi, Rasmus Hammed, Ade Lukman, Yakubu Akinwande and Sikiru Balogun
‘Men of Ogun State Police Command on Sunday 30th of January 2021 arrested nine members of a notorious land grabbing syndicate for unleashing violence on people of Agbogun village in Ewekoro local government area of Ogun State’, he said.
Oyeyemi said they were arrested following a distress call received at Obada Oko Divisional headquarters from the village head that the land grabbers who came from different areas of Ifo, Atan, Gasline and Sango Ota have invaded the village and violently attacking the people, extorting money from those working on their sites.
‘Upon the distress call, the DPO Obada Oko Division CSP Benard Ediagbonya mobilized his patrol team to the scene where they met the suspects attacking one Mrs. Oniyide Folashade and one Mrs. Agbogun who were developing their sites’, he said.
The police spokesman said, on sighting the policemen, the hoodlums took to their heels but they were chased and nine amongst them were apprehended, while others narrowly escaped.
The Command Public Relations Officer, said investigations on the case was still ongoing, assuring that on completion of the investigations the suspects would appropriately charge to court
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police Edward Ajogun has ordered a massive manhunt for the rest of the hoodlums, and also warned land grabbers to stay clear of the state as the command under his watch will not tolerate any form of violence on the good people of the state from anyone or group no matter how highly placed such persons might be.
