An alleged land grabber identified as Jelili Bolaji has been arrested by men of the Lagos State police command for allegedly attacking a pastor, who was trying to erect a church building.
The Rapid Response Squad (RRS), who arrested the suspect after a distress call by the cleric described the arrest as an “execution of the state governor’s directive on the menace of land grabbers in the state.”
Jelili has reportedly led a team of six-man gang with the aim of attacking an Apostolic Church located 12, Oladeinde Street, off Oduduwa Street, Aguda, Surulere. The pastor of the church, who had about three years ago paid a group of Omo-Oniles, a huge sum of money for the foundation and roofing of the church called the state emergency number, which the RRS promptly responded to.
The Pastor, Okeleye Solomon said, “Jelili Bolaji and five others entered the church and requested that they should be settled before embarking on plastering work on the church. I told them, I had no money to give them. They beat the artisans, church workers and ordered them to leave the premises immediately.
“Bolaji rough handled me, snatched my phone and smaShed it on the floor. He called me different names and told me that I am not worth to be a pastor.”
The image maker in charge of the state police command, Dolapo Badmos confirmed the arrest of the suspect and added that he would be charged to court soon.
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