As many as 4 suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps, throughout a raid on legal hideouts at a location in Rore, a suburb of Omu-Aran, headquarters of Irepodun native authorities space of the state.
Two domestically made pistols, charms and exhausting medication had been recovered within the course of.
NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Babawale Afolabi, confirmed the event in Ilorin on Friday.
He named the suspects arrested as Olanrewaju Adesoye, 24, (a.okay.a Konfu), Isaac Abraham, 28, (a.okay.a Akube), Tope Fadeyi, 33 and Abdulateef Wasiu, 23 whereas two different members of the gang at the moment are on the run.
"On Thursday 10/02/2022, officers of the NSCDC in Omu Aran, who had been appearing on a tip-off busted hideouts of some legal components which were terrorizing the world in current time."During the time of their arrests, two locally made pistols, five live cartridges, packets of tramadol, local charms, Indian hemp, and six mobile phones were recovered from their hideouts," Babawale disclosed.
He mentioned of their confessional statements, one of many suspects, Olanrewaju Adesoye, who claimed to be a cobbler, admitted that the 2 weapons and different gadgets had been recovered from them.
"Olanrewaju, however, denied knowing anything about the guns adding that one Sadiq Ariyo, who is still at large is the owner of the guns," he added.
State NSCDC Commandant, Makinde Iskil Ayinla, has ordered additional investigations into the matter whereas a manhunt has commenced for the opposite members of the gang who're nonetheless at giant.
