‘Land grabbers’ll be treated as murderers’

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‘Land grabbers’ll be treated as murderers’

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.