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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 Aproko 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.”
[b]OUR UNRELIABLE APROKO[/b] reports the
Togolese claims he was a professional land
grabber in Lome, Togo but after sometime he
felt like Arsenal football club a local
champion and so he decided to come to
Nigeria so he could become an international
land grabber.
