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Ogun Police Arrest Nine Suspected Land Grabbers
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Ogun Police Arrest Nine Suspected Land Grabbers

Men of Ogun State Police Command on Sunday arrested nine suspected members of a notorious land-grabbing syndicate for unleashing violence on the people of Agbogun village in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, Gbenga Odeniyi, Owolabi Shobayo, Michael Ramoni, Idowu Dauda, Femi Fadahunsi, Rasmus Hammed, Ade Lukman, Yakubu Akinwande and Sikiru Balogun were arrested following a tip-off. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Oyeyemi said the policemen attached to Obada-Oko divisional headquarters received a distress call from the Baale of the village. The PPRO said the village head hinted the police that the land grabbers who came from different areas of Ifo, Atan, Gasline and Sango-Ota h...