24 Hoodlums Arrested In Oyo State

Twenty-four sus
pected hoodlums were arrested by security operatives in Oyo State during  the Presidential and National Assembly Elections.
Commissioner of Police Muhammadu Katsina paraded them yesterday at the command headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan.
The suspects, according to the police boss, included members of the cult group, One Million Boys, in Mapo.
They were arrested during the polls with weapons as they assaulted and injured some people, some of who are on admission in hospitals.
The CP said the pandemonium attracted the attention of the Police Special Force, which engaged the hoodlums on a gun battle.
Sixteen members of one gang were arrested and some weapons recovered from them.
The suspects include Patrick John, Olunloyo Ibrahim, Oluwafemi Adele, Adikpe Joseph, Olamide Abidemi, Ahmed Mukaila, Ramoni Saka, Ojo Adewade, Rasheed Afeez, Adeleke Shola and Adeleke Ibrahim.
The others are: Adeleke Tunde, Adedapo Nurudeen, Dele Abu, Monsuru Olalekan and Akeem Monsuru.
The commissioner said the command’s pre-election efforts also led to the arrest of eight robbery suspects.
The suspects had allegedly snatched a Toyoto Camry from Madam Oluwafolakemi Fabodede in Akure, Ondo State.
The robbers thereafter proceeded to Oyo State and attacked Joba Pharmacy and a filling station in Iroko on Oyo-Ibadan Road.
They were accosted by the Police Ambush Squad, which overpowered and arrested them.
Investigations revealed that the leaders of the gang-Boluwaji Olawumi, John Isaac and Fagboyegun Wale were among those who escaped in the Ekiti jailbreak last November 30.
They were reportedly awaiting trial for robbery and murder.
One AK47 rifle snatched from a policeman and other weapons were recovered from the suspects.
The weapons comprised 10 dane guns, one pump action, one cut-to-size, three single barrel guns as well as cartridges.