Oyo State Police Command on Wednesday paraded over 20 crime suspects for committing various crimes including murder, kidnapping, arson defilement, looting and cultism among others.
Some of the suspects included people arrested in connection with the murder of the owner of Subawah filling station Alhaja Sherifat Adisa in Igbo Ora-Idere Road in Ibarapa Central Local Government Area of the state.
The suspects comprised nine Fulani men and two Yoruba men. The two Yoruba men, who were employed as guards by the deceased for the filling station, said they fell sick were not at work when kidnappers attacked the filling station, claiming innocence about the death of Adisa.
Meanwhile, Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko stated that a notorious kidnapping syndicate that have been terrorising Ibarapa people invaded Subawah filling station with sophisticated weapons like AK-47 rifles, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons.
“In the course of the attack, the kidnapper shot sporadically in different directions and in the process, two young girls, who were later identified as Omowumi Babatunde and Kudirat Toriola, were hit by stray bullets and died on the spot.”
“The armed bandits later abducted one Alhaja Sherifat Adisa, who is the owner of the filling station, and whisked her into the bush, where they brutally murdered her, after shooting at her severally on the stomach.”
“The three deceased victims were later deposited at the morgue by policemen from Igbo-Ora Division, and upon the conclusion of their preliminary investigation, the case was transferred to the Monitoring Unit for more diligent investigation.”
“No sooner was the case received than a team of crack police detectives swung into action and arrested nine suspects from their hideouts. On January 5, 2021, further investigation revealed that one of the prime suspects, Jare Mohammed, inserted his Sim Card Number: 07086824526 on the Nokia phone belonging to the deceased, Alhaja Sherifat, which was carted away from her during the armed robbery operation that claimed her life,” the police commissioner stated.
Three persons were also paraded over the abduction and killing of a farmer, Oluwole Agboola, which happened at Adegbede village, via Aba-Odo area of Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State.
According to Onadeko, the “armed kidnappers attacked the victim and later whisked him away to an unknown location, where they subsequently contacted his relatives and collected a ransom of N1,650,000, yet they brutally murdered and abandoned him in the bush where he had been held hostage for several days. Discreet investigation carried out by crack police dectectives, led to the arrest of three members of the kidnapping syndicate, who all confessed to the crime.”
Four other persons were also paraded over the abduction of the caretaker committee chairman of Iganna Local Council Development Area, Mr. Jacob Adeleke, in October 2020 along Iganna-Ado Awaye Road.
The police commissioner said they dispossed the council chairman of his personal effects and also collected a ransom of N5.5million. “The victim vividly identified the suspects, who had confessed to the crime.”
She also paraded a 72-year old pastor, Jimi Odunayo for defiling a 13-year-old Aishat Rasaq on January 30, 2021 around 9:p.m. However, the suspect said the victim is 18 years as against the police claim.
In similar vein, 56-year-old man, Remi Oladiti was also paraded for defiling a 14-year-old girl, Fatima Suara in May 2020 when she was reportedly sent on errand to purchase pap.
“In the process, one Remi Oladiti, 56, gave her Big Cola, suspected to contain some form of sedative hypnotics to drink, which made her fell unconscious. Following her comatose state, Remi Oladiti, who had already made a confessional statement, forcefully had unlawful carnal knowledge of her.”
“On regaining conciousness, she found herself fully unclothed on Remi Oladiti’s bed, while blood was dripping out from her private part. The suspect made a confessional statement to the fact that he admittedly had carnal knowledge of her. But he denied giving her Big Cola to consume. Medical examination revealed that Fatima Suara was already 29 weeks, one day pregnant.”
