Two defendants are set to be arraigned before the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, on Wednesday. The Ogun State Police Command has completed investigations into an alleged ₦11 million farmland fraud involving charges of advance fee fraud, money laundering, and criminal conspiracy.
Following investigations into a petition by Kazeem Olanrewaju regarding an alleged fraudulent transaction involving 20 acres of cocoa and kola nut acreage, the defendants, 44-year-old Oluwaseyi Oluwatosin Olaleye and 67-year-old Tirisimiyu Balogun, will be prosecuted.
In a statement released on Thursday by its Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, the command revealed that the case stemmed from a transaction in which the petitioner allegedly paid the defendants and another person ₦11 million for the acreage.
“Between June and November 2025, at Alawaya Village, Ehin Osun, via Ijebu-Igbo, the suspects and another individual allegedly obtained ₦11,000,000 (Eleven Million Naira) from the petitioner under the pretence of selling him the farmland situated at Apora Village,” stated Babaseyi.
According to the command, the inquiry also showed that the funds were purportedly misappropriated for private use, and neither the farmland nor the money were returned to the petitioner.
The statement went on, “The investigation further revealed that the money was allegedly diverted for personal use, while the promised farmland was neither transferred to the petitioner nor the money refunded.”
Olaleye, one of the suspects, allegedly tried to avoid arrest by fleeing to Osun State, but police officers eventually located and captured him.
