The Assistant Inspector General of
Police, Zone 2 Command, Abdulmajid Ali, has described the activities of
land grabbers in Lagos and Ogun states as disturbing, saying the he has
received about 300 petitions against them within two weeks.
The AIG, in a statement on Tuesday,
warned that any land grabber arrested thenceforth would be treated as a
murderer, kidnapper or armed robber.
He added that he had directed the
Commissioners of Police in the two states and the anti-crime teams at
the zonal command headquarters in Onikan, Lagos, to dislodge land
grabbers who had been creating crises in some parts of the zone.
The statement read, “AIG Abdulmajid Ali
gave this directive while addressing senior officers and some
stakeholders in his office at Onikan, Lagos. He confirmed that since his
assumption of office as the AIG Zone 2 on Monday, August 1, 2016, he
had received more than 300 petitions against land grabbers otherwise
called ajagungbales. The AIG described the trend as unacceptable.
“He has also directed that any land grabber or ajagungbale
caught in the act or planning to cause brouhaha in any part of the
Zone, be arrested and treated like an armed robber, kidnapper or
murderer as their criminal actions are tailored to these capital
offences.”
The statement added that the police boss
promised to work with the Lagos and Ogun states governments to fully
enforce any law made to checkmate land grabbers and their criminal acts
within the zone.
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