OGUN POLICE NAB THREE FOR DESTROYING FARMLAND
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On Thursday, the Ogun State Police Command announced that it had detained three people in connection with the alleged destruction of farmland in the state’s Ado-Odo local government area, which belonged to a man named Mr. Dada Tope.
Amosu Yaopaul, Victor Samuel, and Bogbe Bateremi are the suspects.
Omolola Odutola, a spokesman for the command, said that Mr. Tope, 38, complained on Wednesday that he had visited his farm at Okojo Onilogbo and saw the suspects uprooting and injuring his palm trees.
According to Odutola, command personnel were sent to the scene where the suspects were captured based on the intelligence.
“ On Wednesday at about 1200hrs a man named Dada Tope ‘M’, aged 38, resident of Ado-Odo, Ogun State complained to the station that at about 1000hrs he went to his farm at Okojo Onilogbo where he found three men identified as Amosu Yaopaul ‘M’, Victor Samuel ‘M’, and Bogbe Bateremi ‘M’ destroying and uprooting his palm trees.
“ The men claimed that their leader, one Oluwaseun Sunday ‘M’, instructed them to uproot the trees.
“ During questioning the complainant explained that he purchased the palm trees with a deposit of fifty-five thousand naira N55,000 from one Suru Jacob ‘M’, also known as Baba Ope, Arise Sunday ‘M’, Solomon Oriyomi ‘M’ and others whose identities are unknown.
There have been instances in the past where identical circumstances have resulted in several deaths, with the victims’ remains left in the farmland. She praised the officers for their prompt response.
But instead of enforcing the law on their own, Odutola counseled the populace to take a diplomatic approach when reporting farmland invasions and other suspicious conduct to the police.
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