X-Squad Arrests 4 Policemen & 3 Armed Forest Guards Over Ilegal Demolition & Attack On Ogun Village

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened in Orile Egun, Ijere in the Pakuro area of Obafemi Owode Local Government in Ogun State.

Also arrested was a site engineer, who claimed to have been contacted by a church, Eternal Glorious Fountain Ministry.

The arrested forest guards were identified as: Kehinde Babalola, 30,

Akintunde Babatunde, 28, and Taiwo Micheal Ayomide, 26.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the arrested Policemen were illegally mobilized to the community with one of them claiming to be visiting from Kaduna.

A pistol and locally-made guns were recovered from the arrested suspects, while efforts have been intensified to arrest other members of the gang.

The suspects were as at Wednesday afternoon still being detained for interrogation and likely prosecution.

The image maker of the FCID Annex, Alagbon, Ameenat Maiyegun, confirmed the arrest of the suspects to newsmen  and added that investigation is still ongoing.

It was gathered that the operatives of the X-Squad are also investigating the role of the Ogun State Task Force on Land grabbing in the illegal destruction of the houses despite a restraining order of a court.

A source at FCID, Alagbon, who pleaded anonymity while speaking with our correspondent said, “The Policemen and the armed forest guards were arrested following a petition to our office”.

“They were accused of supervising an attack on the village and demolition of uncompleted building despite a restraining order of the Court.”

Police source also told newsmen that the complainant had before the demolition of the building raised an alarm and alerted the Ogun State Government of the intended demolition .

An Ogun State High Court, presided over by Hon Justice M. A. Dipeolu, had in July 2025 granted the prayer of Reality Point Limited stopping the Ogun State Government, its servants and privies” from demolishing or altering the state or any structure or any part of the claimant / applicant’s land, situate,lying and being at Pakuro Ijere ,Obafemi Owode area ,Ogun State measuring about 76.15 acres delineated in Survey Plan No OG/ 126/2009/02 dated 15th of June, 2009 “

The interim order from the court also  restrained the 1st defendant, Dotun Lamikunra, his servants ,agents or privies  from “taking possession, selling or developing in anyway or manner that price of land belonging to the claimant / applicant, situate,lying and being at Pakuro Ijere ,Obafemi Owode area, Ogun State, measuring about 76.15 acres delineated in Survey  Plan No OG/ 126/2009/02 dated 15th of June, 2009.”

The image maker of FCID Annex, Alagbon, Ameenat Maiyegun confirmed, “It is true .They are in our custody. They are undergoing interrogations”.