Operatives at the Special Fraud Unit, an arm of the Department of the Nigeria Police Force, have arrested three police officers from Mowe Divisional Police Station, for allegedly aiding the forceful taking over of a large parcel of land at Orimerunmu Village in Mowe area of the state.
The arrest of the police officers, one of whom was simply identified as Elijah, came after police officers from the Federal Anti Robbery Squad had vacated Orimerunmu Village, following claims that the two families in dispute had settled out of court.
The SFU operatives have also begun investigations into the forceful breaking in into a company by armed police officers and some people suspected to be land speculators.
One of the arrested police officers may also be in a more serious trouble, as he was said to be clad in army camouflage when the SFU operatives invaded the village.
Crime & Security, however, gathered that the arrested suspects escaped from the SFU operatives on the way to the Onikan headquarters of Zone 2 police command.
The two families, who were earlier engaged in the battle of Orimerunmu village; Bada and Amusan, accused the police at Mowe Police station of dabbling into land issues, despite repeated warnings from the Inspector General of Police.
The Amusan family had earlier approached an Abeokuta High Court of Justice, calling for a declaration that they are entitled to an exclusive possession of the cocoa farmland, situate at Orimerimu Village via Mowe in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The family also prayed the court to declare that the Bada family has no genuine claim on the land in dispute and sought perpetual injunction restraining the Bada Family, whether by themselves, their agents on privies from trespassing on the disputed land.
The two warring families, however, settled and in their terms of settlement agreed to share the land into two equal parts in the interest of justice and peaceful coexistence.
It was gathered that the villagers and the two warring families had settled down, when police officers led some land speculators into the village and forcefully took over a large portion of the land, with the land speculators claiming ownership of the land, despite the court settlement by the two warring families.
It however, took the intervention of the operatives of the Special Fraud Unit, before the police officers vacated the village, while investigations have commenced on the roles of the police officers in the land crisis.
Operatives at the Special Fraud Unit, an arm of the Department of the Nigeria Police Force, have arrested three policemen from Mowe Divisional Police Station, for allegedly aiding the forceful taking over of a large parcel of land at Orimerunmu Village in Mowe area of the state.
The arrest of the policemen, one of who was simply identified as Elijah, came after policemen from the Federal Anti Robbery Squad had vacated Orimerunmu Village, following claims that the two families in dispute had settled out of court.
The SFU operatives have also begun investigations into the forceful breaking in into a company by armed policemen and some people suspected to be land speculators.
One of the arrested policemen may also be in a more serious trouble, as he was said to be clad in army camouflage when the SFU operatives invaded the village.
Crime & Security, however, gathered that the arrested suspects escaped from the SFU operatives on the way to the Onikan headquarters of Zone 2 police command.
The two families, who were earlier engaged in the battle of Orimerunmu village; Bada and Amusan, accused the police at Mowe Police station of dabbling into land issues, despite repeated warnings from the Inspector General of Police.
The Amusan family had earlier approached an Abeokuta High Court of Justice, calling for a declaration that they are entitled to an exclusive possession of the cocoa farmland, situate at Orimerimu Village via Mowe in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The family also prayed the court to declare that the Bada family has no genuine claim on the land in dispute and sought perpetual injunction restraining the Bada Family, whether by themselves, their agents on privies from trespassing on the disputed land.
The two warring families, however, settled and in their terms of settlement agreed to share the land into two equal parts in the interest of justice and peaceful coexistence.
It was gathered that the villagers and the two warring families had settled down, when policemen led some land speculators into the village and forcefully took over a large portion of the land, with the land speculators claiming ownership of the land, despite the court settlement by the two warring families.
It however, took the intervention of the operatives of the Special Fraud Unit, before the policemen vacated the village, while investigations have commenced on the roles of the policemen in the land crisis.