By Wilson Adekumola
The Ogun State Police Command has stated reasons it will start treating landgrabbers terrorizing the state as armed robbers and murderers.
Oyeyemi made this disclosure on a radio station in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
He expressed worries over how the land grabbers have turned themselves into terror and created lawlessness in the state
He stressed the land owners also hire thugs to invade Ogun communities with arms.
The command’s Abimbola Oyeyemi argued that the landgrabbers are more or less armed robbers in the way they carry out their activities.
He said, “Those people you call land grabbers are armed robbers. They have guns and all forms of dangerous weapons. They may claim they have a court judgment; they will now gather thugs in a vehicle with guns and other weapons. They will send some people out of their communities and those villagers will never be allowed to return. They will slaughter people’s goats and chickens to eat. Are they, not armed robbers?”
He noted, “If you win a case, it is not your right to go and execute the judgment as an individual. The court bailiff is the one to execute the judgment and he will go with the police. But these land grabbers will get judgments on one plot of land and they will extend it to over 30 acres.”
While issuing the warning, he said, “If they are caught, the Ogun State anti-land grabbing law would be used to prosecute them. If they kill somebody, they will be charged with murder. If they hijack what belongs to another person, we’ll charge them for armed robbery. They should be warned.”
