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  • Kwara police arrest one over communal clash

    The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lawal Ado, yesterday said the command has arrested one Ibrahim Ganiyu in connection with the Thursday communal clash between Odo-Owa and Ilofa communities of Oke-Ero Local Government Area of the state.

    Mr. Ado said this after the inspection of the two communities. The commissioner added that only two persons died during the fracas.

    Said he: “This man, (Ibrahim Ganiyu) is one of the suspects that was apprehended by Ekiti State Police Command yesterday. We went there and brought him. We will interrogate him and use him to get other members that participated in this horrendous activity,” he said.

     

  • Kwara police parade suspects in Ilorin

    Kwara police parade suspects in Ilorin

    The Kwara State Police Command yesterday paraded the suspected killer of Sunday Owolabi, a farmer in Rore, Irepodun Local Government.

    The suspect, Segun Bamidele, a welder, allegedly killed Owolabi in his farm and severed his head.

    Bamidele was paraded at the police headquarters in Ilorin, the state capital, holding Owolabi’s headless body.

    Commissioner of Police Samuel Okaula said “during investigation, Bamidele confessed to have killed the victim with a cutlass and severed the head, which he took to a herbalist for sale.

    “The suspect took the policemen to a bush where he hid the head, and the cutlass he used was retrieved.”

    Mr. Okaula added that the suspect would be charged to court once investigation is concluded.

    The commissioner said three siblings – Saidi Amadu, Idris Amadu and Quadri Ayodele, were arrested for killing a drug peddler, Rohimat Babatunde, of Igba-Iroko village in Asa Local Government.

    “The suspects confessed to have conspired to commit the crime to implicate their elder brother, Ayodele Amadu, now in prison.

    “Ayodele was said to have taken a larger portion of the property left behind by their late father. They also confirmed his innocence.”

    Two suspected members of Eiye Confraternity, Muhammed Zulukannani and Tunde Busari, were also paraded. Okaula said they were arrested at Ita-Kure/Oja-Iya area of Ilorin.

    He listed items recovered from them as two-cut-to-size double barrel guns, five live cartridges, one blue fez cap and charms.

    The policeman hinted that John Akpebe, an alleged notorious cultist, is in custody in connection with rival cults’ clash at Taiwo Isale.

    He added that Akpebe is a member of Aiye and that one locally-made pistol and an empty cartridge were recovered from him.

     

  • Kwara police raise the alarm on increasing political violence

    Kwara police raise the alarm on increasing political violence

    The Kwara State Police Command has raised the  alarm on the spate of political violence and hooliganism in the state.

    Addressing candidates of various political parties in Ilorin, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Salihu Garba, said the command had zero tolerance for political thuggery and hooliganism in any form.

    He therefore directed that “such acts of criminalities shall not be tolerated in the state before, during and after the electioneering period.”

    His words: “As law enforcement institution, we have resolved to use all legally permitted means to prevent any breakdown of law and order and all offenders shall be duly prosecuted as there will be no sacred cow.

    “Intelligence gathered by the state command so far reveals a great increase in the rate of political thuggery and hooliganism in the ongoing electioneering period in the state. This has resulted into various forms of attacks on political opponents; destruction of political opponents’ properties and posters as well as billboards and other allied offences associated with political violence which is alien to the state known for its harmonious nature.

    Garba explained that the command was ready to deal with trouble makers and their sponors.

    “ Facts at our disposal also reveal that while some of those involved in the act of thuggery are locally based, some are imported to the state to unleash terror on innocent people.

    “The command has therefore put in place effective machinery that will deal decisively with the situation by leaving no stone unturned in ensuring that political trouble makers, their agents and sponsors are arrested and made to face the wrath of the law. Meanwhile, leaders of all political parties in the state are warned to monitor and curtail the activities of their members and followers that may engineer any form of breakdown of law and order as a result of spreading unconfirmed rumours.”

  • Kwara police parade nine students for alleged rape, cultism

    THE Kwara State Police Command yesterday paraded three students of the state College of Health and Technology for allegedly raping a female colleague of the school. Three others who allegedly participated in the act are on the run, the state Police Commissioner, Mr. Ambrose Aisabo, disclosed. Aisabo, who briefed reporters of the development in Ilorin, the state capital, said the female student was drugged by the six suspects before she was raped. He said that the suspects raped the victim “mercilessly until she became unconscious.” Aisabo, who said that the victim had been admitted at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) in Ilorin for treatment, assured that the remaining three suspects who are at large would be apprehended and brought to book alongside their arrested colleagues. He said that items recovered at the scene of the incident include three used condoms, a bottle of pourche liquor, one red lady’s pant, a pair of lady’s shoes and one handset belonging to the victim. The police boss also paraded six students over cult activities at the state polytechnic in Ilorin. He said two of the suspects were arrested at the institution during a clash between Eiye and Alora, two rival secret cults, while another one was arrested at the institution when he and other members of his cult group were about to carry out a reprisal attack against members of the Alora/Buccaneer cult. Aisabo added that another student, of Eiye confraternity, was arrested while he and his five colleagues ,who are presently at large, were trying to coerce an innocent student for the purpose of initiating him into their cult. The police boss said that the command recovered in Ilorin a Toyota Camry car with registration number LND 857 AR snatched in Ibadan by an armed robbery gang and arrested a member of the gang. The commissioner said that the command also recovered a Daf Truck with registration number FST 484 XC, loaded with 36 tons of iron rods, which was hijacked by some suspected criminals. He said the suspects abandoned the truck and fled after discovering that they could not penetrate the tight security put in place across the state.