Kwara Police Parade Suspected Cultists, Armed Robbers ….Recover Arms, Stolen Items

By Ahmed Ajikobi

The Nigeria Police Force Kwara State Command on Wednesday paraded fourteen suspected criminals terrorizing the people of the state.

Parading the suspects, the state commissioner of Police Victor Olaiya listed the arrested suspects to include cultists and armed robbers.

According to him, the robbery suspects were arrested on 09/05/2023 at about 1600hrs.

“A case of criminal conspiracy and armed robbery was reported by one Opadiran Yetunde ‘F’ of Oke-Jia Egbejila Area Ilorin and was being investigated by detectives attached to the Command’s Criminal Investigation Department. According to the complainant, about four armed men invaded her residence at about 0115hrs of 08/05/2023 and carted away iPhones and Jewelries valued at two million naira (N2,000,000.00) as well as forced her to make a transfer of One million, five hundred and eighty four thousand naira (N1,584,000.00) to an account while they also drove away with her white model 2010 Toyota Corolla Value N6,672,000.00k. Investigation of the case led to the recovery of the vehicle in Badagry Lagos State with one Abdulsalam ‘M’, Nurudeen Saka ‘M’ and Segun Tata’M’ respectively. On interrogation, the three arrested suspects confessed to the crime and mentioned one Biodun Abolade Ojo aka Abbey ‘M’, Ibikunle Shola ‘M’ aka Showboy and Morufu Oyekanmi ‘M’ who were then at large. Efforts to arrest them yielded no result until on 15/10/2023 when eagle eyed Policemen on stop and search operation along Eiyenkorin / Ogbomoso Highway intercepted the long-sought for suspect by name Biodun Abolade and two of his co- horts in a commercial Vehicle and when searched two battle axe were found on them”.

During intensive interrogation, the three suspects confessed to being a syndicate coming from Ibadan and Osun State to committ series of robbery attacks including robbing the earlier mentioned complainant in Egbejila and others within and around Ilorin, snatching vehicles and other valuables.

Listed below are the exhibit recovered from the suspects:

• Two UAA Axe

• Fourteen handset of different Brand

• Sum of N97,300.00k

• Wrist Watches

• Jewelries

• Two Ear pods

• One Pressing iron

• Two Bottles of Wine

Suspects would soon be charged to court, after conclusion of investigation.

“In a similar case, two notorious armed robbery suspects by name; Jamiu Idowu Aje ‘M’ aka Ijoba, Shittu Sherif ‘M’ aka Abule, the aforementioned suspects Were arrested pursuant to a report of a case of Criminal Conspiracy, Illegal Possession of Fire-Arms and being members of secret societies under investigation by command’s Anti-Robbery Team. The two suspects were arrested by CID team in conjunction with members of vigilante in Ilorin with the following exhibits:

• One cut-to size English Made Double barrel Gun.

• One Expended Cartridge

• One Blue Color unregistered Jincheng Motorcycle.

Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to series of robbery operation including the one that happened on 26/09/2023 at Isale- Koto Area Ilorin where One Afeez Babatunde ‘M’ was killed. The gang also escaped with three snatched motocycles they used in killing a rival cultists named Gafar and Tunde along Gambari area Ilorin.

“Arrest Of Secret Cult Members,on 9/10/2023 at about 1800hrs a case of Criminal Conspiracy, Ilegal Possession of Fire-Arm was transferred to the SCID Ilorin from D Division Adewole with a suspect named Ahmed Umar ‘M’ alias Hollybea. Investigation led to the arrest of two other suspects Tunde Olarewaju Usman ‘M’ and Kudus Ajao Okin ‘M’ while others are at large. One Cut to size locally made single Barel Gun was recovered from him. The suspect was tasked by his leaders to buy two guns, two axes and two cutlasses as his contribution to the group as a palliative for forgiveness for fraternizing with another rival cult group, he claimed to had shortly bought one gun when he was arrested with the gun. The second suspect, Tunde Olarewaju a member of Aiye Confraternity confessed to be responsible for the killings of three members of Eiye Cult namely, Toheeb ‘M’ of Omoda area Ilorin, KC ‘M’ of Soj street, saw-mill Ilorin and the third was mowed down at Lanre Gada Sobi road Ilorin. He also confessed to be the one In-charge of decapitating the bodies of their victims. Efforts are still ongoing to arrest other members of the gang.

“In another development the following suspects: Azeez Shola Lawal ‘M’ aka Efo, Ismail Musa Aka Ostence were arrested on the strength of the compliant by one Kehinde Abdulquadri Sarumi ‘F’ on 15/10/2021 at about 0910hrs, that while at Oja-Oba roundabout selling bread at her stand with her children, some unknown group of people with mask attacked them and started shooting sporadically at them as a result, two of her children were

“injured, One Mariam Abdullahi Sarumi ‘M’ 15yrs old died on the spot, while Abdularaheem abdulahi Sarumi ‘M’ 6yrs old sustained bullet injuries on the right hand and chest. Investigation by officers of the SCID led to the arrest of the suspects after a painstaking intelligence operation.

“The suspects confessed to the crime and would soon be charged to court for crimes bothering on Homicide and other charges.