Police nab 4 robbery suspects, 7 cultists
The Nigerian police in the central Nigerian state of Kwara has arrested four armed robbery suspects and seven other persons alleged to be members of two rival cult groups that recently engaged themselves in gun battle in Baboko area of Ilorin resulting in the death of one Babatunde Sulyman.
The robbery suspects were identified as Adekunle Ishola, Dele Cletus, Simon Ogundeji and Dare Suleiman while those of the alleged cultists include Saheed Mohammed. Oladimeji Saheed and Bolaji Raheem. Others are Suleiman Adebayo, Saheed Kadiri, Bwamba Johnson and Bolakale Bayere.
Briefing journalists in Ilorin on Monday, the Commissioner of Police, Agboola Oshodi-Glover, said the robbery suspects were members of a six-man gang that had been terrorising residents of Ilorin. He said the gangsters invaded the house of one Lawal Adewale Dare in Kulende area of Ilorin on 13 December 2013, armed with guns and cutlases, attacked him and carted away property worth close to N2 million including a Toyota Corolla car with registration number FE 464 APP.
Two members of the gang are, however, still at large and the police,according to Oshodi-Glover, are on their trail.
Items recovered from them include three sharp cutlasses, a Toyota Corolla car, three motorcycles and two cut-to-size guns.
Items recovered from the alleged cultists include six cutlasses, a sword and a spear. Others are a gallon of petrol, matches, Jetta Volkswagen car (unregistered) and charms and amulets.
The CP said all the suspects would be arraigned in court as soon as police investigation into the cases were concluded and urged the public to report any suspicious movement or people of dubious characters to the police.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Issa Oloruntogun Abubakar Usman Jos Eleja Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita AbdulRazaq Jiddah Radio SBS General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin Bayo Onimago MINILS Lafiagi Ekweremadu African Democratic Congress Oja-Oba Prince Bola Ajibola Oko Erin Abatemi Usman Falokun-Oja Elelu JAAC Abdulganiyu Salahudeen Oke-opin Ajikobi Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners Funmilayo Mohammed Mansur Alfanla Nnazua Hamid Bobboyi Olupako Of Share Mohammed Haruna Wahab Olasupo Egbewole Sadiq Umar Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf Sidikat Akaje Kale Bayero Tunji Moronfoye Maimunat Oniyangi Olatunde Oyeyiola TVC Female National Debate Peter Amogbonjaye Risikat Lawal Kunbi Titiloye Admiralty Villa Gbemi Saraki Kamaldeen Gambari National Union Of Road Transport Workers Suleman Abubakar Alfa Yahaya Road Hijaab Egbejila Sam Okaula Femi Oladiji Hameed Oladipupo Ali Cornelius Fawenu Ibrahim Akaje Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu Patience Jonathan John Olobayo Haliru Dantoro Sabitiyu Grillo Amasa Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP) Sarah Jubril Millennium Development Goals Olaitan Buraimoh Jalala Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment Kwara State Football Association Jumoke Gafar Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development Prince Mahe Abdulkadir Mumini Ishola Hanafi Ajia-Bako Twitter FOMWAN Yusuf AbdulRasheed Abdulkarim Adisa Michael Nzwekwe

