Ogun government arrests and charges suspected land grabber after report

Summary

The Ogun State Government intervened in a property dispute in Ibafo and had a suspected land grabber arrested and charged to court after a Sunday PUNCH report.

Highlights

• The dispute involved businesswoman Damilola Adisa and Najeem Osolake over her late father’s property in Ibafo.
• Adisa alleged that Osolake tried to take over the land and threatened her and her siblings.
• The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Oluwasina Ogungbade, ordered the Ogun State Task Force on illegalities to arrest Osolake in early August, according to the report.
• Osolake was later remanded for 60 days before the matter was settled out of court, with his children said to have signed undertakings that he would not trespass on the property or threaten the owners.