One person was feared dead and others injured yesterday during a confrontation between suspected land grabbers and residents of Oke-Ore community in Atan, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Council of Ogun State.
It was gathered that the suspected land grabbers had stormed the rustic community with weapons, ostensibly to enforce a court judgment over a controversial land.
But a detachment of soldiers stormed the area and arrested the suspected leader of the gang, identified as Mutairu Owoeye.
He was handed over to the police.
A leader in the community, Chief Amosun Yomi, told reporters on phone that a fight ensued when Owoeye led his gang in company of some policemen to the area to enforce the court judgment.
He said: “We were not aware of any court judgment. The development unsettled us as they started shooting indiscriminately. A stray bullet hit one 18-year-old Bidemi Akinde, who went to eat and he died immediately.
“A relation of the boy, who is a captain in the Army, was contacted and his arrival paid off as Owoeye was arrested. With the dead boy’s body, we went to the Police Area Command at Ota.
“As it is now, we are in fear of another attack by Owoeye’s boys on the community.”
The community’s Iyalode, Chief Olufunmilayo Idowu, who decried the incident, pleaded with the state government and security agencies to come to the aid of the residents.
Police spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed the incident, said preliminary report indicated that Owoeye and his boys stormed the community.
He said those found culpable would not escape justice.
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