Ekiti Police Parades Thirteen Armed Robbers, Three Indian Hemp Dealer Suspects

By Olanrewaju Falayi

The Ekiti State Police Command on Thursday has paraded 13 suspects for various crimes committed within the state and warned that its operatives would not relent until perpetrators of violent crimes were arrested or forced to relocate out of the state.

Advertisement

While parading the suspects at a press briefing on Thursday in Ado, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Abutu Sunday, said 40 bags suspected to be indian hemp, a mini generator, three seater chairs, fan, rug and deck were all recovered from the suspects. 

Abutu also disclosed that the police arrested one person in connection with armed robbery and another three as Indian hemp dealers.

“During search of the farm, one Alfred Macaulay, Promise Odogwu and Chukwuemeka Bright were arrested while other members of the gang took to flight.

“Meanwhile, forty bags containing weeds suspected to be Indian hemp were recovered from the suspects at the scene”, he said.

Abutu said Usman Suleimon and Mohammed Sumonu, were arrested for armed robbery, stealing and attempted kidnaping.

Advertisement

He said the suspects were arrested in Oke-Ako and Itapaji Ekiti, in an attempt to kidnap one Kehinde Kazeem at his resident. 

He added, that, Salihu Rasaq was also arrested and paraded by the Gender Desk Unit of the Command for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 17-year old girl at Agbado Ekiti. 

Abutu however revealed that the victims, in their quest for spiritual favour, visited the suspect in his home who claimed to be an ALFA.

The suspect gave them certain soaps and claimed that the victims were going to be receiving favour after bathing with the soaps.

Meanwhile, the suspect forcefully had carnal knowledge of them at different times as part of the conditions for the soap to work effectively.

Advertisement

The suspect was subsequently arrested after a complaint was made by a relative of one of the victims.

In the same vain, the police has also apprehended one Igbayilola Seun, Esan Emmanuel and Idowu Adebayo, who were arrested in Oye Ekiti, for allegedly planning to initiate somebody into cult. 

According to him, the suspects were discovered to be illicit drug peddlers, during a search conducted in their houses and premises, where large quantity of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp and other illicit drugs were recovered from them. 

“The suspects confessed to be traders of illicit drugs and gave the identities of other suspects who are currently at large”.

Advertisement