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Police Arrest Fulani Herdsmen With AK49, Other Ammunition In Ogun
Ogun State Police Command has arrested three Fulani herdsmen with arms and ammunition used in terrorising residents of Ayetoro in Yewa North area of the state.
While parading the suspects on Tuesday, the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, said the trio of Mohammadu Momoh, Mohammadu Bella and Ibrahim Garuba were arrested following allegation of kidnap in Egua area of the state.
The Police boss also said that the herdsmen have been on the watch list of the command for allegedly using their cattle to destroy farm crops in the area.
Iliyasu said the suspects were arrested with three AK49 riffles, two pump action guns, two hundred rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, twenty live cartridges and one cutlass.
One of the suspects, Mohammadu, explained that the guns were stolen by other members of the gang identified as Balare and Yellow in Igangan area of Oyo State.
He further confirmed that the gang was working for one Alhaji Umar and that he was arrested when he attempted shooting with one of the guns but failed.
Meanwhile, another leader of an alleged kidnap gang in Ogun State, Oyewunmi Musa, says his gang got N8.5m as ransom from four kidnap operations.
Musa who was paraded alongside 10 other members of his syndicate confessed that in recent times, his gang had kidnapped four victims, and their relatives paid different sums of money to effect their release.
He said: “In the first operation, we got N3m ransom, in the second, we got N2.5m and for the third and fourth, we got N1.5m ransom respectively from their relatives.”
Two members of the gang from Ughelli, according to him, allegedly link up with gang each time there was an operation.
Iliyasu said a member of the gang, Femi Aresu, was arrested on 5th January 2018, at their hideout in Itele-Ijebu, by the operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, and his arrest led to the arrest of other members of the gang.
He said Aresu led the FSARS operatives to Lagos, Oyo and Ondo states, where the 10 other members of the gang were arrested.
Musa told journalists that their victims were kept inside the bush until their relatives paid the necessary ransom.
The suspects were amongst 50 suspects arrested for varying degrees of crimes ranging for armed robbery, kidnapping, illegal possession of firearms, cultism, amongst others.
Items recovered included 10 AK47, 15 pump action guns, 17 locally made pistols, 93 cartridges and 321 7.6mm ammunition.
The Police Commissioner said the arrest was in furtherance of the command’s effort to make Ogun State a better place by mopping up crime and criminalities in the state.
While thanking the people of the state for timely information which culminated in the arrest of the suspects, Iliyasu reiterated his resolve to fight crime to a stand still in 2018.
Umunna Manchester Nwosu
January 10, 2018 at 7:56 am
Is it not IPOB members that were arrested?.
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January 10, 2018 at 4:57 am
They haven’t killed any? Kill them like you killed Don wany
Abayomi Adedapo Adebimpe
January 10, 2018 at 1:41 am
This people are boko haram that ran away from sambisa forest
Amos Emenike
January 9, 2018 at 10:40 pm
Den can be any were den lyk, in zoo naction,but naver in biafra land,bcos if den try dat d full zoo naction we be wipe out onder 1 day
Okeke Daniel
January 9, 2018 at 9:50 pm
My Question is,who supply dis people weapons, how did they get dis weapons?
Lawrence Onuorah
January 9, 2018 at 9:01 pm
Kill them
Baba Gunners
January 9, 2018 at 8:41 pm
GOD will punish every one of them
Charles Aleke
January 9, 2018 at 8:38 pm
Why arresting only???.
Ome Cash
January 9, 2018 at 8:23 pm
Fake people with fake news everywhere biafrexit is the only solutions express biafrexit
Onyeka Ilo
January 9, 2018 at 8:16 pm
this is a paid players. we don pass this level
Ekeh Donald
January 9, 2018 at 8:12 pm
Yes we have heard about this arrest but we you people still tell us when buhari order for their release. Nigeria is Moving backward while other country are Moving forward. Nigeria must end this 2018
Temietan Segun
January 9, 2018 at 8:02 pm
Kill them not arrest
Sani Dasadu Campus
January 9, 2018 at 7:59 pm
If I can set my eyes on them I will kill all of them…….if you ask me why I say so I will tell you
Muhammadsani Inuwa
January 9, 2018 at 7:58 pm
Arrest, investigate and prosecute in a competent court of law, equal justice under the law.
Ogunkah Chimezie
January 9, 2018 at 7:47 pm
Nothing will come out of this
Sunday Ikem
January 9, 2018 at 7:45 pm
So after arrest and confirm that they have gun and what are they still waiting for …na. waa 4 that funking country ooooo
Azoro Ifeanyi Fortunate
January 9, 2018 at 7:36 pm
After these what next?
Obinna Chibuike
January 9, 2018 at 7:28 pm
go to hell wit ur rubish information and fake report
Reekado Celestine
January 9, 2018 at 7:04 pm
Arresting dem is never the problem but they will be released in no distance time
Peter Jeffry Nwokebelu
January 9, 2018 at 5:54 pm
this one is nonsense new,is there any fulani man on that pics idiot people just wanna use the brain of their fathers not ours anymore, pls Christians wake up and fight for ur rite is time to fight back king David in the bible did not fight his enemy’s with just prayers, pick up ur weapons and fight back or we all will die for nothing
Haruna Abusari Abu Abu
January 9, 2018 at 5:43 pm
There have been series of arrest for so many years now but what is the outcome… Abeg forget about headlines
James Agbo
January 9, 2018 at 5:42 pm
Abeg release them allow osibanjo to handle this issue he knows better
Arinze Ngobili
January 9, 2018 at 5:41 pm
This is 2018 Nigeria political police story
Nwaneri Harrison
January 9, 2018 at 5:35 pm
UP NIGERIA!!!
Adedapo Adebisi Adejuwon Barcelona
January 9, 2018 at 5:34 pm
Why not killing instead of arrest?
Bobby Chelsea Deuces Victor
January 9, 2018 at 5:31 pm
Kill them don’t arrest pls…
Donsimon Derico Tonipas
January 9, 2018 at 5:28 pm
This are the people called boko haram…
Raphael Adefemi Atewogboye
January 9, 2018 at 5:26 pm
Ogun state should use fayose method against this Fulani killer herdmen
Chinedu D Chinedu
January 9, 2018 at 5:26 pm
Odun kwa
Fulani herdsmen de there
Jacob Evans
January 9, 2018 at 5:22 pm
Nice job
Sunday Ezekiel
January 9, 2018 at 5:20 pm
Did you think Ogun will be daft like benue people? We are ready for any Fulani that do nonsense
Mathew Ike
January 9, 2018 at 5:16 pm
And there keep them alife