Three suspected land grabbers were on Monday arrested by men of Ogun State police command while invading Jegede Village in Igbesa area of Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun State with dangerous weapons with which they inflicted varying degrees of injuries on members of the community.
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 had invaded Jegede Village and were shooting sporadically.
Upon the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer, 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 had been shot by the hoodlums were rescued to the hospital for treatment.
However, three amongst the hoodlums were apprehended and others escaped.
Recovered from them were 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 and brought to justice.
The CP warned land grabbers to stay away front eh state as their violent activities would not be tolerated by the command under his watch.
