Rivers Police Chief Denies Land Grabbing Allegations
The Rivers State Police Command has dismissed allegations of land grabbing against Commissioner of Police Olugbenga Adepoju as false and misleading. This response followed a protest by the Rumuosi Council of Chiefs and local residents who accused Adepoju of colluding with land grabbers to take their ancestral land at Victory Estate, Rumuosi.
The command clarified that Adepoju's involvement was solely to provide security for a court bailiff executing a judgment in Suit No. CCC/22/2015, requested by O.
S. Obior, Esq., on behalf of Kirigust Global Resources Nig. Ltd.
The Customary Court, Choba, confirmed the judgment's validity on March 21, 2025. Police personnel were deployed on April 7 and 8, 2025, but were instructed not to participate in the execution.
Residents contested the judgment's applicability to their property, prompting Adepoju to halt the execution and direct an investigation into the conflicting claims. The command reiterated that Adepoju neither grabbed nor took possession of any land.
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