On February 16, 2024, the residents of Ifelagba and Aniya Community Development Areas woke up to the invasion of one Chief Mutairu Owoeye
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The activists said the threats to life and public peace by land grabbers in Ibeju-Lekki, Epe Division had become unbearable.
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has warned land grabbers, popularly known as Omo onile to desist from their nefarious activities or face the full consequences of their illegal actions.
The Command’s spokesperson, Superintendent of Police Omolola Odutola, confirmed the suspects’ arrest and arraignment.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on Saturday on his verified Twitter handle.
This development was confirmed in a statement by the Deputy Spokesperson of the Command, Jennifer Iwegbu.
It was gathered that the fight started Friday afternoon after some youths, suspected to be cult members, stormed a new building that was being roofed at Omi-Tuntun area of Ilesa and demanded for money from workers at the site.
The agency said the development is in its resolve to rid the metropolis of Land Grabbers and criminal elements looking for properties of unsuspecting indidviduals to acquire,
The suspects: Adewale Muyibi, Kamoru Ayodele and Taofeek Ogundele, were caught with dangerous weapons, with which they inflicted varying degrees of injuries on members of the community.
A community leader, Olaiwola Akanmu, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the hoodlums struck to forcefully take their land
Obaseki stated this on Tuesday in Benin while addressing members of the newly-inaugurated governing council of the university who were on a courtesy visit to him at the Government House, Benin.
The suspects: Najimu Ojumola, 42; Monday Olaleye, 25; Kehinde Martins, 34 and Felix John, 27, were arrested following a distress call received by policemen at Onipanu Divisional Headquarters that Babaode-Onibuku village was under siege by a group of land grabbers.
A member of the family, Tosin Olanrewaju-Meadows, made the commendation on Tuesday in Lagos.
Addressing members of the committee during their inauguration at the Executive Council Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Ado-Ekiti, Fayemi explained that the committee would work based on the Executive Order 008 he signed recently, which was in furtherance of the government’s desire to undertake sustainable land reform in the state.
Maharaj ji made the call on Thursday at a press conference in Ibadan to mark the 40th anniversary of Maharaj ji group and 27 years of his declaration of “No war in Nigeria”.
Scores of Magboro/Ibafo landlords and residents on Tuesday protested at the Ogun State Government House and House of Assembly over threats by land grabbers to claim about 500 properties in the two communities.
The residents of Magboro in Ogun on Sunday appealed to the Ogun Government over the forceful takeover of their properties by land grabbers popularly known as “Omo Onile”.
The event was witnessed by the Commissioner, Ogun State Police Command, Ahmed Illiyasu; the State Director, Department of State Services, Kabiru Sali; the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Olumide Ayeni, and other members of the State Executive Council