IMAGBA COMMUNITIES REJOICES AS LAND GRABBER WARLORD, TERRORISING RESIDENTS LANDS IN. KIRIKIRI

By Ayinke Adebayo

Residents of Imagba ibonwon, near  igbonla in the Eredo Local  Council  Development  Area , Epe  in Lagos say their lives are being threatened  by gunmen  whose activities  include, Kidnapping, attacking and killing their people. Victims  recount  ordeals. Alhaji Waheed Adegbegba, Professor  Oluwafumbi Adeyemi  and Otunba Felix Tomiwa Oloriebi  were lucky  as they narrowly  escaped  being killed.

 According to Otunba  Tomiwa who spoke  on behaif of the Oshifeso Royal Family " We employed  a chap  Taiwo Olumide popularly  known as T9 as a security  man to heip oversee  our  land at face 2, Imogba and  we agreed that we  wouid  give him a plot per acre  .That whatever  money  that was  needed   wouid be his responsibility 

 and instead we  were the one sponsoring  and we. have bank evidence of how we gave money  to him. Suddenly he brought hoodlums  and started selling  our land without  informing  us. When we confronted him he boasted  that  he wouid deal ruthlessly  with us that the police force

 Is in his control.  One day we went to the site  to see those we instructed  to do  the clearing  and on getting there the supervisor  was also not on ground and on  our way home  T9 and his men accosted us  in a black  jeep, 2 motorcycle, 3 passengers  on each of the motor cycle fully armed with guns  and machetes. They shot sporadically in the air while we scampered  for safety they caught up with us  and damaged the vehicle belonging to Professor Adeyemi ,stole his Rolex wristwatch  and the sum of 2.5million  naira.

 "T9  slapped me 3 times and later beat me." Our investigations reaveled that the incident was  reported  at the maforija  police station, Epe where  we were given note to General hospital for treatment.

Speaking further Professor  Adeyemi Oluwafunmbi  stated,"  They smashed  9inch block on me, hit me with stick and damaged our vehicles. Taiwo Olumide Enitiodunmo (T9) and Jamiu Alaya were charged Igbosere Magistrate  court 18 with charged  number R/52/2022. Enitiodunmo"s second in command, Adewale Kareem was  also  arrested  by police detectives  attached  to Zone 2  command , Onikan,Lagos and taken to the same court with charged number, R/23/2022 for robbery..What baffled  us was that with all their criminal activities the magistrate  still granted them bail.. We  cry loud to the Inspector- General  Of Police, Alikali Baba Ahmed, The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the people of Epe to save our souls  from these notorious  land grabbers  using tired àssasins to terrorise Epe Imagba land". The suspects have since been taken to prison pending   when they meet their bail requirements.The presiding Magistrate, Mrs. K.K. Awoyinka ordered that the suspects be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending the perfection of their bail requirements while the case was adjourned to January 13.

Meanwhile, outraged residents