Ekiti Police Parades Man Who Stole Offering From Ikeji Arakeji Mountain, Others

By Falayi Olanrewaju

The Ekiti State Police Command has paraded a 33-year-old man, Opeyemi Olufemi, who was arrested for stealing a total sum of Six Hundred and Twenty Thousand, One and Fifteen Naira (N620,115) Church offering belonging to Ikeji Arakeji Mountain owned by the Christ Apostolic Church. 

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The Command also paraded three other suspects for alleged fake kidnapping and an attempt to collect a whopping sum of N5 million ransom under false pretence.

Also, 16 other suspects were arrested for various crimes bordering on kidnapping, stealing, burglary, cattle rustling and robbery in Ekiti State.

Parading the suspects at the Police  Rapid Response Squad’s (RRS) office, in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, for the Ekiti State Police Command, DSP Sunday Abutu, said “Olufemi, was intercepted by the police at Igbara-Odo Ekiti, after perpetrating the act at the Christ Apostolic Church’s Campground, popularly known as Ikeji Arakeji Mountain, in Osun State”.

Abutu said, “On the  September 16, 2022 at about 04:30am, the Command’s operatives, while on stop and search along Igbara-Odo – Akure road, intercepted one Akindele Olufemi. He was found with a school bag loaded with different denominations of naira notes”.

“During interrogation, the suspect confessed that he travelled all the way from Iropora-Ekiti to Ikeji Arakeji Mountain belonging to the Christ Apostolic Church and located in Osun State to steal the cash sum of N620,115 from the church’s offering vault”.

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“He further revealed that he was employed as a security guard of the Church sometimes ago before he voluntarily resigned”.

Also, Abutu paraded one Sunday Abah, Adejoh Friday and Simeon Ojodomo, for allegedly kidnapping themselves after receiving a complain from one Omoniyi Taiwo of Kajola Street, Ikere-Ekiti on 3rd September, 2022, around 4pm about alleged kidnap of Ameh Sunday, who was working in his site at Ikere-Ekiti.

The PPRO revealed that the complainant recounted that the kidnappers were demanding for a sum of N5 million  ransom from him.

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“Upon the receipt of the information, a team of the RRS operatives swung into action and arrested the purported victim in his hideout at Ikere-Ekiti on 16th September, 2022.”

In the same vein, Abutu paraded one Usman Mohammed over alleged involvement in various kidnapping operations in the state, who had confessed that his gang members  kidnapped one Omoboade Adesina in her farm at Ago Aduloju/Aso Ayegunle road, Ado-Ekiti on April 22,2022.

Also, paraded was one Oke Timilehin, a member of a notorious cult group, who was apprehended when police operatives raided llupeju Avenue Area of Ado Ekiti, for allegedly shooting dead one Babatunde Bunmi.

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“On sighting the Police operatives, the hoodlum fled the scene while the victim was rescued and rushed to the hospital for medical attention”.

Investigation led to the arrest of one Oke Timilehin, who confessed that he was a member of Black Axe Aiye secret cult alongside the other fleeing suspects.”

The Command also paraded one Emmanuel Adebisi, Fabunmi Okikiola, Azees Dada, Oro-Okowo Idowu, Oguntola Tolulope, Adedeji Awe, Katzing Gideon, Babale Timothy a.k.a K-boy, Macom Andrew, Ariso Soknan, Sunday Katdul, Moses Kurnap, John Nanfa and Sunday Babale, Isia Ibrahim, for alleged cattle Rustling, stealing, burglary and robbery.

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Credit: Hope Newspaper

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