The Kwara state Police Command has commenced year 2017 on a good note with the arrest of a number of criminal elements who were paraded before journalists on Thursday in Ilorin, the state capital.
Of particular interest was the arrest of Adeyemi Aderinkomi and Timothy Ajayi, who along with two others at large, robbed, raped a 60-year old woman before killing her and her husband in their residence in Tanke Ilorin. The couple's bodies were dumped in a well within the premises of the couple's residence by the suspects in a bid to prevent detection while they carted away a number of properly including one Toyota Camry car, telephone handsets, television and money .
The Commissioner of Police, Olushola Amore, who paraded the suspects, revealed that the suspects sold some of the stolen items, adding that, in order to cover their track, they set the Toyota Camry car ablaze.
He said: "They confessed to have dumped the victims in the well to prevent detection. The exhibits were recovered from the receivers while effort is still on to arrest the other suspects presently on the run. The receivers are Akingbade Ademila and Toyose Alade. They will soon be charged to court."
Also paraded was one Kabiru Oladipupo for criminal conspiracy, impersonation and fraud. He said: " On 8th January 2017, one Azeez Ibrahim and 17 others reported at G Division, Oloje in Ilorin that in September 2016, one Kabiru Oladipupo presented himself to them as a Federal SARS and collected money ranging between N10000 and N30000 as the case may be and total amount he collected was N391550. On interrogation, he confessed to the crime and mentioned one Hassan Olayiwola now at large as his partner in crime. The suspect will soon be charged to court. "
Aside the arrest of one Olufemi Bolaji for car theft, and the recovery of the Toyota Cruizaer Jeep he was alleged to have stolen from where it was parked at Jabi in Abuja and which was recovered by SARS operatives at Eruku in Kwara state, five others were also arrested for criminal conspiracy and fraudulent acts. They are Arinsola Crown, Nwawoye Prisilia, Eko Bruno Oluntobi, Ikimi Torwase Queen and Seifgha Komboye.
Twenty five different items were recovered from them. The items include one laptop, one fin step note, one leather roster carrying their information, six passports belonging to different people,one stamp pad, one official stamp, nine '9' makers and copies of registration forms.
According to the Commissioner of Police, the suspects were arrested at their operational base at Ose Olohun Plaza beside Olak petrol station, Ilorin, distributing office forms after collecting a fee of N25000 from the unsuspecting job seekers.
Amore, who believed the Police Command has done so well in the area of crime prevention and detection within six months of his assumption of duty in the state, said six kidnap cases were busted and prosecuted by the Command while the 42 armed robbery cases reported, were also investigated and prosecuted. Besides, cult related cases and cultists prosecuted were 36. Rape and homicide cases prosecuted were eight and 10 respectively.
In addition, he said 23 different categories of firearms as eell as a large number of ammunition were recovered, while the police also recovered 12 stolen vehicles and 10 motorcycles within the period under review.
While assuring the people of the state that the Command would not relent in ensuring that criminals are routed from the state, Amore sought a deeper cooperation from the public "so that jointly we can make Kwara a completely crime free state, pointing out that security is everebody's business.
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