The suspects
The
Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ambrose Aisabor, says four male
students of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, have been
arrested for alleged involvement in armed robbery.
Aisabor stated on Tuesday that the
suspects – Olawuyi Babatunde, Osadahin Matthew, Bamikole Emmanuel and
one other, identified simply as Adebisi – robbed one Adeolu Emmanuel.
The commissioner said one of the suspects was a neighbour to the victim.
Parading the four suspects and three
other suspects in Ilorin, the CP said the command was worried about
increasing involvement of students of tertiary institutions in the
state in crime.
Aisabor said, “During interrogation, the
suspects confessed to being members of a cult group – Eiye
Confraternity. The suspects will be arraigned in court soon.”
He also said officials of the command
recovered two AK-47 rifles, which were left behind by some hoodlums in a
bush around Offa poly as the police chased them.
He also said the command saved a
suspected mad man from being lynched by an irate mob. He warned
residents of the state to avoid lynching suspected kidnappers or
suspected criminals, adding, “Madness is not synonymous with
criminality.”
Aisabor insisted that the command would
not condone lynching of suspects and urged the public to report any
suspected criminal to a nearby police station.
“Policemen will be justified to use firearms on a mob which attempt to lynch a suspect,” the commissioner added.
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