Ogun Police arrest two suspected land grabbers

Two land grabbers are now in Ogun State Police net.

The duo, Olaolu Fashina, 58yrs and Akinshola Oluwasanmi 46 were arrested on Monday November 8, 2021 when they invaded idiagbon community in Ado odo ota local government area of the state with offensive weapons.

The suspects were arrested following a distress call received by the police in Onipanu ota divisional headquarters that the village is under attack by men suspected to be land grabbers, numbering about sixty and that they were armed with dangerous weapons.

Sighting the policemen, the hoodlums who came with many motorcycles started shooting sporadically in order to escape from the scene, but the policemen pursued them and with the assistant of the people of the community, two amongst them were apprehended.

Recovered from them are two live cartridges and one Bajaj motorcycle with registration number TTD 472 VN.

Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation, he also directed that the fleeing members of the gang be hunted for and brought to justice.