One killed as Oyo Police foil attempt by hoodlums to cause mayhem in Ibadan

.Declare Auxiliary wanted, arrest 78 suspects

Joseph Okwuofu, Ibadan.

Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday said it arrested no fewer than 78 members of the State Park Management System (PMS) with dangerous weapons allegedly working with the sacked Chairman of the agency, Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi a.k.a Auxillary to cause mayhem and bloodshed in the state.
Scores of armed policemen, it was gathered had stormed the hideout of the suspects in the early hours of Tuesday and engaged Auxiliary boys
in a gun duel leaving one person dead.
Dozens of arms and ammunitions including charms and cash worth over N3million were recovered from the suspects in the operation.
The principal suspect, Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi a.k .a Auxiliary has been declared wanted by the police, along with others who escaped with him.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP, Mr Adebowale Williams who addressed journalists at the State Command Headquaters, Eleyele Ibadan on Tuesday, stated that the Command in its proactive nature while acting on intelligence driven surveillance were able to foil an attempt at creating widespread carnage and civil disturbance in the State by some members of the Park Management System (PMS) led by one Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi aka Auxillary sequel to the immediate dissolution of the Disciplinary Committee of the Park Management System of the State.
He said, “Sequel to the above, on Tuesday 30/05/2023 in a strategic intelligence coordinated raid around his location at Diamond Hotel, Alakia-Isebo, under Egbeda LGA, (78) Seventy-Eight suspected hoodlums who had perfected plans to unleash mayhem at the early hours of today at major parts of the metropolis were arrested in possession of sophisticated firearms, (724) Seven Hundred and Twenty-four Cartridges assorted charms, (33) Thirty-three Mobile Phones, and a cash sum of about (N3,450,000) Three Million Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira Only.
“In addition, during the raid sophisticated firearms were recovered inside the hotel rooms and in the trunk compartment of parked vehicles within the hotel.
“Worthy of note is that, though the PMS Chieftain was able to escape with some of his boys during the gun duel with the Police, however a member of the group was neutralized in a gun duel with the Police.” he said.

The CP recalled that the same group was alleged to be responsible for the attack on (14) Fourteen members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) along Agodi axis under Ibadan North-East LGA enroute the venue of yesterday’s Inaugural celebrations.
He noted that in line with Standard Operational Procedure, all recovered items were properly documented, packaged and recorded for onward forensic analysis and for evidence purposes in accordance with the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 and all other relevant laws.
The CP also enjoined residents to cooperate with the Police with the provision of useful information to help apprehend the sacked PMS Chieftain.
He further directed Area Commanders to personally lead convoy patrols and rings of supervision of Police operatives within their respective areas of jurisdiction.
Items recovered from the suspects are one AK-47 Riffle, four (4) AK-47 magazines, Eighty four (84) live AK-47 Ammunitions, Nineteen (19) pump action riffles, one Barreta Pistol, Seven Cut-to-size Gun, one English made Barrel Gun, Seven Hundred and twenty four (724) live cartridges, 25 cutlasses, Seven Jack knives, thirty three (33) mobile phones, one Samsung Laptop, Charms, One Mazda Bus, One Toyota Sienna, Cash sum of Three Million, Four Hundred and fifty thousand naira, (N3,450,000.00).
Among the arrested suspects were forty nine (49) males, and twenty nine (29) females. While some of them are AJADI ADEMOLA ‘M’ AGE 22 YRS, ADEKUNLE ADEJARE ‘M’ AGE 40 YRS, OLAONIPEKUN JAMIU ‘M’ AGE 28 YRS, UKANA DANIEL ‘M’ AGE 29 YRS, SIKIRU ADEBAYO ‘M’ AGE 62 YRS, WAHAB SAHEED ‘M’ 33 YRS, BABATUNDE RIDWAN ‘M’ AGE 29 YRS, ADEBAYO SODIQ ‘M’ AGE 23 YRS, ADABALE AFEEZ ‘M’ AGE 25 YRS,KAFAYAT IDRIS ‘F’ AGE 30 YRS, SILIFA IBRAHEEM ‘F’ AGE 30 YRS, KAFAYAT ALABA ‘F’ AGE 30 YRS, ADIJAT OLANIYAN ‘F’ AGE 30 YRS, TOSIN OLALEKAN ‘F’ AGE 35 YRS, OYEWOLA IFEOLUWA ‘F’ AGE 28 YRS, BALIKIS KABIRU ‘F’ AGE 32 YRS,AFOLABI OLUWAKEMI ‘F’ AGE 30 YRS, ARIYO FUNMILAYO ‘F’ AGE 38 YRS, RUKAYAT TAIWO ‘F’ AGE 30 YRS, AMINAT POPOOLA ‘F’ AGE 29 YRS, FUNKE MOHAMMED ‘F’ AGE 42 YRS, among others.