Police arrest filling station robbers in Kwara

Date: 2018-07-11

Police arrest filling station robbers in Kwara The Kwara State Police Command, in conjunction with the IGP's Intelligence Response Team (IRT), has arrested a gang of four armed robbers that specialised in attacking petrol filling stations in Kwara State and its environs.

Speaking with journalists in Ilorin, yesterday, the state Commissioner of Police, Aminu Pai Saleh, said leader of the gang, one James Obaje, 34, a native of Dekina in Dekina LGA of Kogi State confessed to being a trainee and lieutenant of one Zakari Ya'u, an alleged political thug in Kogi State.

The leader of the gang, in a interview with journalists, also said that three AK 47 rifles, one K2 rifle and one Pump Action rifle found on them were given to him by the campaign team of the late APC governorship candidate in Kogi state, Alhaji Abubakar Audu, during electioneering.

The CP listed other members of the gang to include Nelson Yakubu, 31; Ibrahim Mutari, 33 and Gboyega Olaoye, 35. He added that all the suspects are from Kogi State, but resident in Ilorin except Olaoye who is from Ekiti LGA of Kwara State.

"Sequel to reports received from some fueling stations within Ilorin metro and its suburbs of armed robbery attacks, the IGP's Intelligence Response Team (IRT) which was detailed to Offa in the wake of Offa armed robbery attack in conjunction with F-SARS Kwara command, acting on very actionable intelligence, arrested one Obaje," he said.

He added that Obaje's confession led to the arrest of other members of his gang that allegedly attacked several fuelling stations in Kaduna, FCT, Kogi and Kwara states.

Saleh added that efforts were still ongoing to arrest the remaining members of the gang, after which he said they would be charged to court.

Also paraded were seven suspected members of a secret cult, known as Aiye Confraternity, including the vice president of the Students Union Government (SUG), among others who were said to be students of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     N-Power     Omu-aran     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Ayobami Seriki     2017 Budget     George Funsho Adebayo     Hussein Olokooba     Abdullahi Biffo     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Saka Aleshinloye     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Binta Abubakar-Mora     TESCOM     Ibrahim Labaika     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Kwara State Television     Tafidan Kaiama     Niyi Ogundiran     Jelili Yusuf     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Risikat Lawal     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Nigerian Medical Association     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Fola Consultant     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Kwara State Governor     Turaki Of Ilorin     Ayinde Oki     Anilelerin     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Sidikat Alaya     Siraj Oyewale     Olomu     ER-KANG     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Omotoso     KFA     Bahago     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Salman Suleiman     Ishaq Oloyede     Femi Oladiji     Basit Olatunji     Adama Isa     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Boko Haram     AIT Ilorin     Cornelius Adebayo     Ubandawaki     Lanwa     Abraysports FC     KWATMA     Suleman Abubakar     CKNG     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Shoprite     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Babata     Mohammed Yisa     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Lotus Bank     Admiralty Villa     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Kwasu     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Unilorin FM     Minimum Wage    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Stephen Fasakin     Gaa Olobi     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Alabere     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Mohammed Yisa     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Micheal Imoudu     Bolaji Abdullahi     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Ilorin Amusement Park     Dan Masanin     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Siraj Oyewale     David Adesina     Quranic Recitation Competition     Dogara     Yakubu Dogara     CCB     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Olaiya Zuberu     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Modupe Oluwole     Kazeem Oladepo     Ashiru     Principal Private Secretary     International Vocational Centre     Saidu Isa     Saidu Yaro Musa     Al-Hikmah Radio     Idris Garba     KWAFFA     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Afolayan     Arca Santa     Niyi Ogundiran     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Tafidan Kaiama     New Model Police Station     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Tsaragi/Share     Oro Grammar School     Council Of The Wise     Busari Alabi Alausa     Okasanmi Ajayi     Amusa Bello     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     First Lady     Ilorin Like-Minds     Kwara     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Olaosebikan     Rotimi Oyedepo     GRA     Gambari     Radio SBS     Olabode Towoju     Vasolar Consortium     MATTA Girls Foundation     Senate President     NSCIA     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Communication Network Support Services     Baruten     Sarah Alade     Fatimoh Lawal     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Umar Danladi Shero     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa