Efforts by the Lagos State
Government to curb the activities of land grabbers popularly known as Omo
onile received a massive boost on Thursday as the Special Task Force
on Land Grabbing set by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode arrested one Kamorudeen
Lamina alias Sir K Oluwo, a notorious Omo onile kingpin, who
has been terrorising the people of the State especially residents of Ikorodu.
The Omo Onile Kingpin
who was arrested on Thursday by men of the Special Taskforce on Land Grabbing,
who had been on his trail for a very long time, fell into the waiting hands of
the Taskforce when he was tricked out of his hiding in a well-orchestrated
operation carried out in the Alausa area of the State.
Chairman of the Lagos
State Special Taskforce on Land Grabbing, Mr. Jide Bakare said his office had
received tons of petitions written by innocent residents who have been deprived
of their legitimate investment in landed property by the unscrupulous gang of
Lamina who had been a torn in the flesh of his victims.
Bakare, in a statement,
said that the arrest of Sir K Oluwo by his team was a clear indication of the
commitment of the Ambode-led administration to ensure that the lives and
property of residents across the State was secured and protected under the law.
He said the State
Government had made its zero tolerance stance against land grabbing offences
very clear, just as he assured that every legimate investment made in the State
would be protected by the Government.
The Chairman, further
assured residents that information given by them against the nefarious
activities of land grabbers will be treated with utmost confidence.
According to him, the
State Government would immediately begin the prosecution of the arrested Omo
Onile Kingpin, to serve as a deterrent to others that no one is above
the law in Lagos State.
While warning those in the
act to steer clear of Lagos, Bakare also said that the Task Force would
intensify efforts to make the State unbearable for their nefarious activities.
It would be recalled that
earlier this year, at the commissioning of the new office of the Special
Taskforce on Land Grabbing, the State Attorney General and Commissioner for
Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem promised to go after any godfather aiding and
abetting the criminal activities of the Omo Oniles in the
State, saying “no matter who you are and your Status, we will come after you
and prosecute you”.
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