The assembly furthermore accused police of making illegal arrests and detainment of innocent residents of the enlighten on trump-up charges in connivance with land grabbers in the enlighten.
The Ogun Enlighten Dwelling of Assembly has accused the police in the enlighten of conniving with land grabbers to intimidate victims.
The assembly furthermore accused police of making illegal arrests and detainment of innocent residents of the enlighten on trump-up charges in connivance with land grabbers in the enlighten.
The speaker of the assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, made the allegations at the plenary on Tuesday when lawmakers complained about the rampant circumstances of land-grabbing of their varied constituencies while debating on the second reading of the Enlighten Anti-land Grabbing (amendment) invoice.
Per Day-to-day Belief, he lamented that a total bunch of innocent residents had persisted to languish in varied police cells at Alagbon in Lagos and the Power Headquarters in Abuja.
Oluomo appealed to the Inspector Long-established of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to wade in and make certain innocent other folks are no longer made to undergo on story of trump-up charges.
Oluomo educated that any land related matters wants to be charged to court while promising that the unusual amendment to the invoice titled: H. B. No. 006/ OG/ 2023 – Prohibition of Forcible occupation of Landed properties, armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism, violence and other related offences (Modification) Law, 2023 would make certain a constitution of a role force by the enlighten govt to address land related matters.
Earlier while opening debate on the invoice, the sponsor, Damilola Soneye, lamented that the subject of land-grabbing had become rampant in the enlighten, hence the necessity for the amendment to assemble the legislation more very most sensible and efficient.
