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Land-grabbing: Ogun protests alleged police interference

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  • The Ogun State Government has petitioned the Force Intelligence Department, Abuja, over alleged police interference in a land-grabbing case pending in court.
  • The state accuses officers of abusing their office and attempting to compromise justice by interfering in a case involving alleged land grabbers Ibrahim Gbenga Ibuoye and Taiwo Ibrahim.
  • The government emphasizes that such actions undermine investigations, cause delays, and erode public confidence, contrary to the Inspector-General's directives on transparency and professionalism.

The Ogun State Government has formally protested alleged interference by police officers from the Force Intelligence Department in Abuja concerning a land-grabbing case. The state's Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Sina Ogungbade (SAN), lodged a petition on May 23, 2026, to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Enyinnaya Adiogu, expressing strong condemnation of the officers' actions.

The thrust of the case against the defendants is that in and around 2007, World Mission Agency bought the land in question from a family that was declared the lawful owner of the land by the High Court of Ogun State in 2001.

· Mr Sina Ogungbade (SAN)The Attorney-General explains the background of the land acquisition by World Mission Agency.

The core of the dispute involves a criminal case against Ibrahim Gbenga Ibuoye and Taiwo Ibrahim, accused of illegally occupying and degrading over 100 acres of land. The state asserts that the World Mission Agency legally acquired the land in 2007, which was intended for the agricultural department of Covenant University. The defendants allegedly demolished a fence, encroached on the land, and degraded it through illegal sand mining.

World Mission Agency, which has been on contiguous land for decades, proposed to use the land as the agricultural department of Covenant University, a tertiary institution that was founded on adjoining land in 2002.

· Mr Sina Ogungbade (SAN)The Attorney-General details the intended use of the disputed land.

Ogungbade highlighted that the Inspector-General of Police has consistently stressed the importance of investigating cases within their jurisdiction unless expressly approved by his office. He criticized the continued interference by some officers, stating it undermines investigations, causes unnecessary delays, and damages public trust in the police. The Attorney-General stressed that once a case is before a court, no action should be taken to usurp its jurisdiction, particularly as the accused has been charged since 2025.

However, the defendants, without colour of right or legal justification, demolished the fence, entered over 100 acres of the land and devastatingly degraded the land through illegal sand mining.

· Mr Sina Ogungbade (SAN)The Attorney-General describes the alleged actions of the defendants.
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