Ten
armed robbery suspects were on Thursday paraded before journalists by
the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Police Force at its headquarters
in Ilorin, for their alleged involvement in various crimes within and
outside the state.
The
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Olufemi Fabode, during the
briefing, disclosed that three of the suspects, Adewumi Kayode, 36;
Abiodun Abdulmalik Ojulari, 32; and Akeem Afolabi, 31, were responsible
for the killing of a medical doctor working with the University of
Ilorin Teaching Hospital, UITH, Dr. Ariyo Adewumi, in April this year.
He
said: “The armed hoodlums also ransacked the home of their and made
away with valuables such as a Honda Accord car with registration number
AA 685 AU, two blackberry mobile phones, one Samsung galaxy handset, a
plasma TV set, sound system, jewellery and other valuable items.
“On
receiving the information, the scene of the crime was immediately
visited by the police operatives and necessary preliminary investigative
actions were taken, leading to the recovery of weapons used for the
operation.”
Fabode
further revealed the various crimes of snatching of cars at gun point,
robbing homes, among others, were carried out by a gang of four robbers,
with one of them called Seun presently at large.
Another
suspect, Segun Abraham, according to the PPRO, was arrested with a
locally made pistol and three live cartridges, following a tip off.
Their
arrest followed a raid carried out at Ariya Hotel in Ilorin, adding
that the suspect was a member of the five-man armed robbery gang that
attacked and robbed the former vice chairman of Offa Local Government
Area, Adeleke at his Offa residence in March during which the victim was
dispossessed of his Toyota Camry car and other valuables.
Three
other suspects, Fabode said, were arrested by military personnel at the
scene of the attack on the suspended chairman of Offa Local Government
Area, Prince Saheed Popoola.
He
also said detectives attached to the anti-cultist section of the state
CID, Ilorin, stormed the rendezvous of Eiye secret cult at Gaa-akanbi
area, Ilorin where they arrested Aina Abayomi, Kabiru Kufo and
Olagbinyan Oluwatobi with a locally made revolver pistol with five 9mm
live ammunition.
He
said: “Upon further interrogation, the suspects admitted and confessed
to the police that on 14 June, 2013 and 17 June,2013 at about 2000hrs
and 2030hrs respectively, they and their gang members now at large
robbed at gun point some people around Tanke area of Ilorin,
dispossessed their victims of their handsets, laptops and other
valuables at gun point.
“Investigation
also revealed that the suspects are notorious members of Eiye Secret
cult and that Aina Abayomi is a student of one of the tertiary
institutions in Ilorin. He is the No.1 in the hierarchy of Eiye Secret
Cult.”
The PPRO assured that the suspects would soon appear before the court to face the full wrath of the law.
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