Police to arraign two suspects over alleged N11m farmland fraud in Ogun

The Ogun State Police Command has disclosed plans to arraign two suspects over alleged N11 million farmland fraud, cash laundering, and felony conspiracy.

The suspects, Oluwaseyi Oluwatosin Olaleye, 44, and Comrade Tirisimiyu Balogun, 67, are scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday earlier than the Federal High Court, Abeokuta.

This was contained in a press release by the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi on Thursday.

According to the assertion, the arraignment adopted investigations right into a petition by Alhaji Kazeem Olalekan Olanrewaju over an alleged fraudulent transaction involving 20 acres of cocoa/kola nut farmland.

According to police findings, between June and November 2025, at Alawaya Village, Ehin Osun, through Ijebu-Igbo, the suspects and one other particular person allegedly obtained N11,000,000 from the petitioner underneath the pretence of promoting him farmland located at Apora Village.

The police mentioned the cash was allegedly diverted for private use, whereas the promised farmland was neither transferred to the petitioner nor was the cash refunded.

Olaleye reportedly fled to Osun State in an try and evade arrest however was subsequently tracked down and apprehended by police operatives.

Further findings additionally linked the second suspect, alongside Akinyosola Akinlamon, who stays at giant, to an alleged conspiracy to commit advance charge fraud.

The assertion added that efforts are ongoing to apprehend Akinlamon and produce all individuals linked with the case to justice.

The suspects are anticipated to seem earlier than the courtroom to take their pleas.

The Command, nevertheless, emphasised that the suspects stay presumed harmless till confirmed responsible by a courtroom of competent jurisdiction.