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, money laundering, and criminal conspiracy.

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

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

According to the statement, the arraignment followed investigations 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, via Ijebu-Igbo, the suspects and another individual allegedly obtained N11,000,000 from the petitioner under the pretence of selling him farmland situated at Apora Village.

The police said the money was allegedly diverted for personal use, while the promised farmland was neither transferred to the petitioner nor was the money refunded.

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

Further findings also linked the second suspect, alongside Akinyosola Akinlamon, who remains at large, to an alleged conspiracy to commit advance fee fraud.

The statement added that efforts are ongoing to apprehend Akinlamon and bring all persons connected with the case to justice.

The suspects are expected to appear before the court to take their pleas.

The Command, however, emphasised that the suspects remain presumed innocent until proven guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction.