Armed land grabbers stormed Jegede village of Igbesa, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State on Monday, shooting no fewer than six persons.
According to the Ogun State police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, three of the gunmen have been arrested.
The trio of Kamoru Ayodele, Adewale Muyibi and Taofeek Ogundele were picked up by the police after they invaded the Awori community.
The suspects were said to have inflicted injuries on some villagers in their attempt to take over their land.
Oyeyemi said the police received a distress call when the men bombarded the community, prompting police officers from Agbara division, led by the DPO, SP Saleh Dahiru, to race there.
The six victims – Shoneye Akeem, Sunday Okorie, Jimoh Musibau, Hamzat Idiris, Lakan Oloyede and Akande Oyedeji were rescued to the hospital by the police.
“While three amongst the hoodlums were apprehended, others escaped,” Oyeyemi said, adding that the Commissioner of Police had directed that the suspects be transferred to the State CIID for further investigation, as he ordered a manhunt for the fleeing members of the gang.
