Police Arrest 6 Armed Robbery Suspects In Osun

THE State of Osun Police Command has arrested six armed robbery suspects who allegedly snatched a mercedes benz car from a driver at gunpoint in Ikire.

Four of the suspects,Ibrahim Yusuf (24), Lawal Abubakar (25), Umar Abubakar (35), and Sule Muhammed (20) were said to have pretended as passengers going to Abuja from Ogun State where the vic m gave them a li

On ge ng to Ikire, State of Osun, the suspects allegedly stabbed the owner of the car, pushed him out of the vehicle and drove away.

Community Alleges Land Grabbers’ Invasion, Seeks Adeleke, Osun CP’s Intervention

ADO ORIOKE , a town in Ejigbo local government area of the State of Osun, has urged Governor Ademola Adeleke and the Commissioner of Police in the State, Kehinde Longe, to intervene and stop plan to annex its land by some individuals.

Speaking on behalf of the community during an interview with OSUN DEFENDER yesterday, the Alado of Ado-Orioke, Oba John Olugbade, said tension started building up in the area when some yet to be iden fied individuals and a monarch chased away farmers on the community land.

According to Olugbade, Ado-Orioke shares border with another town,

Iwooke.

He stated that the farmers, while working on their farms saw some people moving around Idioko area, claiming that that par cular land which belongs to Ado-Orioke would be used for a proposed university.

Oba Olugbade, who said the community has not given its land to any individual or group to build a university, stressed that the land in ques on does not belong to any other town.

The tradi onal ruler urged Governor Adeleke and police commissioner to immediately intervene and prevent the issue from becoming full blown crisis.

He said: “Farmers that we gave land at Idioko, our boundary with Iwooke, reported to me that few weeks back, some people came to the area and marched through our land. A monarch and some security opera ves were also there. They came to measure some parts of our land.

“These people chased the farmers away and entered their farms without permission. The development is capable of distabilising peace in our area as tension is already building up. I am begging the Governor, and the state commissioner of police to intervene before the ma er causes problem.

“My community has not given any company or school the go-ahead to use our land, because no one has approached us for such permission. We don’t want anyone to illegally take any por on of our land, because that is capable of causing unrest. They should help us stop this invasion by land grabbers.”

According to the Spokesperson of Osun Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, the suspects were arrested with the vehicle snatched from the vic m.

Opalola, in a statement made available to OSUN DEFENDER yesterday, said the other two suspects, Salisu Ismail (31) and Habeeb Saidu (27) were the receiver of the stolen vehicle.

She disclosed that the suspects commi ed the alleged offence on June 15, 2023.

The Spokesperson said: “On 15th June, 2023 at about 0630hrs, the complainant reported at Gbongan Division that, at about 0100hrs of same date, he picked four (4) passengers from Opic park, Ogun State heading to Abuja with unregistered Mercedez Benz car. But on ge ng to a point around Ikire’s jurisdic on, the said passengers forced him to stop and started shoo ng to scare him.

“While struggling with them, he was stabbed with a knife at his le hand, pushed out of the vehicle and suspects went away with the said 4ma c Benz car. He further stressed that; he can iden fy the suspects if seen.

“Immediately a er the Police received the report, a team of policemen on stop and search along Ibadan/Ile-Ife expressway, Gbongan was alerted, but when the suspects sighted the policemen, they abandoned the said car and took to their heels and escaped to the bush.

“Police combed the bush where two of the suspects were arrested. Efforts put in place by AnKidnapping Squad yielded more results whereby four other suspects were arrested at Lagos State.”

On other successes recorded by the command in the recent past, Opalola said the police also arrested three suspects, Akano Olasunkanmi (20), Monsuru Ali (25), and Tunde Alabi (42), for alleged unlawful possession of firearms.

Se said one cut-to-size locally-made pistol, 10 locally-made Dane guns, one pump ac on, and one live cartridge were also recovered from the suspects.