Twenty four suspected hoodlums were arrested by the security operatives in Oyo State during the presidential and National Assembly elections.
The Commissioner of Police, Muhammadu Katsina, said this while parading them yesterday at the command headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan.
The suspects, according to the police boss, included members of a cult group, One Million Boys, in Mapo.
They were arrested during the polls with weapons as they assaulted and injured some people, some of who are on admission in some hospitals.
The CP said the pandemonium attracted the attention of the police Special Force, which engaged the hoodlums in a gun battle.
Sixteen members of the gang were arrested and some weapons recovered.
The suspects include Patrick John, Olunloyo Ibrahim, Oluwafemi Adele, Adikpe Joseph, Olamide Abidemi, Ahmed Mukaila, Ramoni Saka, Ojo Adewale, Rasheed Afeez, Adeleke Shola, Adeleke Ibrahim, Adeleke Tunde, Adedapo Nurudeen, Dele Abu, Monsuru Olalekan and Akeem Monsuru.
The commissioner of police said the command’s pre-election efforts also led to the arrest of eight robbery suspects.
The suspects had allegedly snatched a Toyota Camry from Madam Oluwafolakemi Fabodede in Akure, Ondo State.
The ‘robbers’ thereafter proceeded to Oyo State and attacked Joba Pharmacy and a filling station at Iroko on Oyo-Ibadan Road.
They were accosted by the Police Ambush Squad, which overpowered and arrested them.
Investigations revealed that the leaders of the gang- Boluwaji Olawumi, John Isaac and Fagboyegun Wale- were among those who escaped in the Ekiti jailbreak last November 30.
They were reportedly awaiting trial for robbery and murder.
One AK47 rifle snatched from a policeman with other weapons were recovered from the gangsters.
The weapons comprised 10 dane guns, one pump action, one cut-to-size, three single barrel guns as well as cartridges.
The Commissioner of Police, Muhammadu Katsina, said this while parading them yesterday at the command headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan.
The suspects, according to the police boss, included members of a cult group, One Million Boys, in Mapo.
They were arrested during the polls with weapons as they assaulted and injured some people, some of who are on admission in some hospitals.
The CP said the pandemonium attracted the attention of the police Special Force, which engaged the hoodlums in a gun battle.
Sixteen members of the gang were arrested and some weapons recovered.
The suspects include Patrick John, Olunloyo Ibrahim, Oluwafemi Adele, Adikpe Joseph, Olamide Abidemi, Ahmed Mukaila, Ramoni Saka, Ojo Adewale, Rasheed Afeez, Adeleke Shola, Adeleke Ibrahim, Adeleke Tunde, Adedapo Nurudeen, Dele Abu, Monsuru Olalekan and Akeem Monsuru.
The commissioner of police said the command’s pre-election efforts also led to the arrest of eight robbery suspects.
The ‘robbers’ thereafter proceeded to Oyo State and attacked Joba Pharmacy and a filling station at Iroko on Oyo-Ibadan Road.
They were accosted by the Police Ambush Squad, which overpowered and arrested them.
Investigations revealed that the leaders of the gang- Boluwaji Olawumi, John Isaac and Fagboyegun Wale- were among those who escaped in the Ekiti jailbreak last November 30.
They were reportedly awaiting trial for robbery and murder.
One AK47 rifle snatched from a policeman with other weapons were recovered from the gangsters.
The weapons comprised 10 dane guns, one pump action, one cut-to-size, three single barrel guns as well as cartridges.
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