A Togolese, Segun Sunday, has been
apprehended by policemen attached to the Lagos State Special Task Force
(Enforcement) Unit, in connection with land grabbing in Oko-Olomi, in
the Ibeju-Lekki area of the state
Three other suspects – Ben Micheal, 31; Segun Muda, 58; and 20-year-old Toheeb Ololade – were apprehended with the Togolese.
Micheal hails from Owo town in Ondo
State, while Oladele is from Oje town in Oyo State. Muda, the
ringleader, who was said to be a baale in a community in Ibeju-Lekki, is an indigene of the Epe area of Lagos State.
Two locally-made guns were reportedly recovered from the suspects, who were arrested in a raid on Wednesday
The baale had reportedly owned up to the crime and sought clemency.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the
arrest followed a petition addressed to the Lagos State Committee on
Land Grabbing by residents of the affected community.
The dwellers had complained about the
unlawful invasion of their property to the committee, asking the
government to come against the hoodlums.
The petition was said to have been sent
to the Lagos State Police Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, who
directed same to the task force Chairman, SP Olayinka Egbeyemi.
The Head, Public Affairs Unit of the
agency, Mr. Taofiq Adebayo, confirmed the suspects’ arrest, saying the
CP had directed that they should be transferred to the State Criminal
Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba.
He said, “The Lagos State Government
arrested four notorious land grabbers and recovered two locally-made
guns and other weapons. The government’s action was sequel to a petition
submitted to the Lagos State Committee on Land Grabbing by the people
of Oko-Olomi Golf Course area of Ibeju-Lekki.
“The Commissioner of Police, after being
briefed about the arrested land grabbers, directed that they all be
transferred to the SCIID, Yaba, Lagos, for further interrogation. Muda
refused to say anything other than appealing to the government, while
others claimed they were many in the business.
“While urging members of the public to
report activities of land grabbers to the committee on land grabbing,
the government has reiterated that the war on activities of land
grabbers is ongoing across the state.”
Togolese arrested for land grabbing in Lagos
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