Land grabbing: Businessman petitions I-G over threat to life

A Lagos-based businessman, Mr. Adenuga Olanrewaju, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Olukayode Egbetokun, over what he calls a threat to his life and family by an alleged land grabber.

In the petition obtained by the newsmen on Sunday, Olanrewaju alleged that the said land grabber, simply identified as Ugochukwu, had been using security agents to intimidate and threaten him over his land at Baruwa Village in the Eti-Osa area of Lagos.

He said that the petition became necessary following the death of Mr. David Huesu, a civil engineer working on his site.

Olanrewajualleged that the engineer was killed by people he called uniformed men, on the instruction of Ugochukwu.

“On July 20, 2024, at about 4:30 a.m., I received news that David, who was working on my site, was killed during an invasion by some men in military uniform, hired by Ugochukwu," he said in the petition.

The businessman also alleged that some people working on the site with the engineer were seriously injured during the invasion.

Olanrewajus said the latest petition was the second on the matter, as his first petition to the I-G was sent on April 26, 2024, and was assigned to the I-G Monitoring Unit.

He urged the I-G to thoroughly investigate the killing, allegedly carried out by the men in military uniforms, accompanied by police officers.

The businessman noted that since the killing of David, he had been seeing strange people around his house, posing a risk to his family’s safety.