Just In : 1 Killed, ‘Auxiliary’ Escapes, 78 Members Arrested, During Gun Battle With Police in Oyo
The Oyo State Police Command has raided the apartment of the sacked chairman of Park Management System, Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary.
The police said, āIn addition, during the raid sophisticated firearms were recovered inside the hotel rooms and in the trunk compartment of parked vehicles within the hotel.
āWorthy of note is that, though the PMS Chieftain was able to escape with some of his boys during the gun duel with the Police. However a member of the group was neutralized in a gun duel with the Police.ā
āRecall that the same group was alleged to be responsible for the attack on (14) Fourteen members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) along Agodi axis under Ibadan North-East LGA enroute the venue of yesterdayās Inaugural celebrations.ā
Mukaila Lamidi āAuxiliaryā
āFurthermore, in line with Standard Operational Procedure, all recovered items were properly Documented, packaged and recorded for onward forensics analysis and for evidence purposes in accordance with the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 and all other relevant laws.ā
āIn furtherance of the above, Oyo State Police Command under the constructive leadership of CP Adebowale Williams psc (+)fdc reiterates its unwavering commitments towards tackling criminal rascality, hooliganism and blatant disregard for the rule of law.ā
āConsequent on the above, the Oyo State Police Command enjoins residents to cooperate with the Police with the provision of useful information to help apprehend the sacked PMS Chieftain.ā
āMoving forward, residents shall witness high octane patrols, coordinated stop and Search along designate points across the nook and cranny of the State.ā
āAlso, the CP has directed Area Commanders to personally lead convoy patrols and rings of supervision of Police operatives within their respective areas of jurisdiction.ā
āThis far, the location and environs is actively monitored with ample deployment of Police Operatives to boost the confidence of residents against any fear of molestation or harassment as they go about their legitimate businesses.ā
āIn cases of emergencies, the Command can always be reached through these emergency control room numbers: 615(Tell free) (Oyo State Security Trust Fund), and Oyo State Police Command Emergency lines 07055495413 and 08081768614.ā He said.
Exhibits recovered from the suspects are one AK-47 Riffle, four (4) AK-47 magazines, Eighty four (84) live AK-47 Ammunitions, Nineteen (19) pump action riffles, one Barreta Pistol, Seven Cut-to-size Gun, one English made Barrel Gun, Seven Hundred and twenty four (724) live cartridges, 25 cutlasses, Seven Jack knives, thirty three(33) mobile phones, one Samsung Laptop, Charms, One Mazda Bus, One Toyota Sienna, Cash sum of Three Million, Four Hundred and fifty thousand naira, (N3,450,000.00).
Among the arrested suspects were forty nine (49) males, and twenty nine (29) females. While some of the them are AJADI ADEMOLA āMā AGE 22 YRS, ADEKUNLE ADEJARE āMā AGE 40 YRS, OLAONIPEKUN JAMIU āMā AGE 28 YRS, UKANA DANIEL āMā AGE 29 YRS, SIKIRU ADEBAYO āMā AGE 62 YRS, WAHAB SAHEED āMā 33 YRS, BABATUNDE RIDWAN āMā AGE 29 YRS, ADEBAYO SODIQ āMā AGE 23 YRS, ADABALE AFEEZ āMā AGE 25 YRS,KAFAYAT IDRIS āFā AGE 30 YRS, SILIFA IBRAHEEM āFā AGE 30 YRS, KAFAYAT ALABA āFā AGE 30 YRS, ADIJAT OLANIYAN āFā AGE 30 YRS, TOSIN OLALEKAN āFā AGE 35 YRS, OYEWOLA IFEOLUWA āFā AGE 28 YRS, BALIKIS KABIRU āFā AGE 32 YRS,AFOLABI OLUWAKEMI āFā AGE 30 YRS, ARIYO FUNMILAYO āFā AGE 38 YRS, RUKAYAT TAIWO āFā AGE 30 YRS, AMINAT POPOOLA āFā AGE 29 YRS, FUNKE MOHAMMED āFā AGE 42 YRS, among others.