Hope James
The Ekiti State police command have paraded alleged masterminds of cult clashes, and 15 others at the command headquarters in Ado-Ekiti.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ogundare Dare, disclosed that the command has clamped down on suspects in connection with different reprehensive crimes.
Those paraded includes suspected Kidnappers, robbers, rapists, notorious cultist, among others.
Parading the suspects, the Command PRO, DSP, Sunday Abutu, said the command RRS on April 6, through a bush combing operation arrested one Augustine Agboobo, Adeniyi Olamilekan, Williams Ukeuima Friday and Ademoh Gabriel, inside the forest close to Igede farm settlement.
“During interrogation, the suspects confessed to be members of a kidnapping syndicate who have engaged in series of kidnapping operations in Ekiti State including kidnapping of Ajibade Adeleke on 06/06/2022 at Igede farm other others where ransoms were collected.”
Abutu added that the command arrested two suspected robbers and recover two stolen motorcycles in collaboration with some community members in Oke-Ureje in Ado-Ekiti on April 4, at about 22:00houts arrested one Saliu Oyebamiji and Ajisefe Mayowa.
Also, a notorious robber and rapist, was arrested Jimoh Gani, on April 4, for participating in the robbery and raping of a student of the university in Ikere-Ekiti.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to have committed the heinous crime alongside one Femi Ayobami and Alfa Kayode, all of Ado-Ekiti, who escape the scene during arrest”.
The command recovered various items like locally made single barrel gun, one dane gun, bags of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp, among others.
The command however, called on all citizens to be security conscious, vigilant and report any untoward incident observed in their locality to the nearest police station.