The Oyo State Police Command has on Friday paraded no fewer than forty one suspected criminals allegedly terrorizing the state. The suspects were paraded for their alleged involvement in criminal activities ranging from cattle rustling cum kidnapping, armed robbery, car snatching, gun-running, murder, among others.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
Briefing journalists at the Command Headquarters, Eleyele Ibadan, the state commissioner of Police, CP Sonubi Ayodele declared war against any form of crime in the state, stating that Oyo state has no from for criminal minded people and their criminal activities.
While speaking on a murdered case, CP Sonubi said, “On 24th February, 2024, one Abdul ”m” (Now deceased) was sent by his master, one Rasheed ‘m’ a business man to Sinawu Village Baruten Local Government area of Kwara State to purchase large quantities of Soya Beans and Cashew Nuts and bring them back to Saki town.
“When the deceased arrived, one Musa Kale “m”, an agro-allied produce merchant in the village and who was to sell to Abdul offered him accommodation at his house for the period he was going to stay in the village.The deceased victim then went ahead to purchase (55) Fifty-Five Bags of Soya Beans and (30) Thirty Tones of Cashew nuts through the suspect, Musa Kala before proceeding to inform his master that all the goods would be moved to Saki as soon as another batch of SOYA beans worth Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N2, 500, 000. 00 only) which he had already paid for is supplied to him.
However, in a rather disturbing development, he was only given produce worth the sum of One Million Naira (N1, 000, 000. 00 only). When the deceased demanded for the outstanding goods or the sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N1, 500, 000. 00 only) in lieu thereof, the suspect Musa Kala and his syndicate member simply identified as “Jamiu” (now at large) led him to Bukado village in Oyo State under the pretence of going to collect the money from one of his business partner and remit same to him but on getting to a desolate spot in the area, Mahmood Musa Kala and his cohort Jamiu conspired together to strangulate and machete him to death.
Meanwhile, when his master was unable to reach him again on phone, he contacted Musa Kala to ask about the deceased who of course denied knowing anything about the deceased’s whereabouts. Hence a complaint of ‘’Missing Persons” was filed by his master to the Command via a petition and the Command Monitoring Unit was detailed to investigate.
“The investigating team immediately embarked on a discreet Investigation and in the process, the principal suspect, Mahmood Kala Musa was arrested in connection with the crime and upon interrogation, he made confessional statement to the crime. The suspect explained in detail how he conspired with one Jamiu, murdered the innocent young man and dumped his body in the bush.The suspect later led the investigating team to the scene of crime where the decomposing body of the slain young boy was recovered.
“Search warrant was also executed in the house of the suspect and in the process the cutlass and a Jack Knife which he used to machete the victim after strangulating him, a bag containing the victim’s cloth and nine (9) bags of SOYA beans which the victim kept in his house. The victim’s Bajaj Motorcycle was equally recovered. Investigation is still in progress.” Sonubi said.
While speaking with journalists, the suspect, Mamood Musa Kala aged 32 confessed to the crime and pleaded for mercy. Exhibits recoverd from the suspect include one long sharp cutlass, one jack knife, nine bags of Soya beans, a bag containing victim’s clothes and one Baja motorcycle.
Similarly another gang of armed robbery syndicate specialized in gun – running car snatching, armed robbery among other criminal activities were paraded alongside others.
Speaking on the case, CP Sonubi said, “on 9TH July, 2024 at about 0800hrs, a team of policemen attached to Agodi Division while on an intelligent based Stop & search operation at within Ibadan metropolis intercepted a Toyota Corolla Car and when the car was searched, a sealed bag was recovered and when the two occupants of the car who later gave their names as Abdulazeez Ayatulahi aged 29 and Abdazeez Ridwan aged 27, were directed to open the bag, it was discovered that a large cache of new AK-47 Riffle ammunition were concealed therein.
“Upon interrogations, the duo were unable to give satisfactory explanations about the prohibited ammunitions found in their possession, hence they were arrested and immediately transferred on the instruction of the Commissioner of Police to the Command Monitoring Unit for further investigation.
“Upon interrogations as the Monitoring Unit, the two suspects later confessed to be members of a gun-running Criminal Cartel who imports various types of sophisticated firearms into Nigeria from Burkina Faso through the border and supply them to different criminal syndicate to perpetrate their nefarious criminal activities. Further investigation later led to the arrest of the syndicate’s kingpin, one Olugbenga Asake Olusegun aged 50 in his hideout within Ibadan metropolis where he was waiting to receive the illegally imported ammunitions. A huge sum of Sixteen Million Naira which he later confessed was to be paid to the suspects earlier arrested upon receiving the ammunitions was recovered from him.” Investigation continues as further developments will be communicated. Sonubi said.
Exhibits recovered from the suspects included 1, 346 pieces of live AK-47 rifle ammunition, one Toyota Corolla Car, the sum of sixteen million naira cash.
While exhibits recovered from all the suspects include two AK-47 rifles, one K2 rifle, one locally made cut – to size gun, One Barretta Pistol, One LAR rifle with Breech number 6909358, Seventeen 7.62 love ammunitions, One thousand, three hundred and forty-six thousand, Two live cartridges, one White Toyota Highlander Jeep, one Ash Toyota Highlander Jeep, The cash sum of (N16,000,000) sixteen million naira among others.