The three suspects nabbed by the police.
The police has nabbed three suspected land grabbers while invading Jegede village in Igbesa area of Ado odo ota local government with dangerous weapons with which they inflicted varying degrees of injuries on members of the community.
According to a press release signed by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), OGUN STATE POLICE COMMAND, the suspects, Adewale Muyibi, Kamoru Ayodele and Taofeek Ogundele were arrested following a distress call received by the policemen at Agbara divisional headquarters that armed hoodlums have invaded Jegede village and were shooting sporadically.
Upon the distress call, the DPO Agbara Division, SP Saleh Dahiru, led his men to the scene where six men, namely Sunday Okorie, Shoneye Akeem, Lakan Oloyede, Jimoh Musibau Akande Oyedeji and Hamzat Idiris, who have been shot by the hoodlums were rescued and quickly rushed to the hospital for treatment, while three amongst the hoodlums were apprehended and others escaped.
Recovered from them are; six live cartridges and fourteen expended cartridges.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be transferred to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.
He also directed that the fleeing members of the gang be hunted down and brought to justice. The CP therefore warned land grabbers to steer clear of the state, as their violent activities will not be tolerated by the command under his watch.
