On Thursday, Oyo State Commissioner of Police Hamzat Adebola paraded the former Chairman of the Park Management System, Lamidi Mukaila, commonly known as Auxiliary.
According to Newsmen, the Department of State Services apprehended Auxillary on Tuesday at his Olodo apartment in Ibadan, the state capital, months after police proclaimed him wanted for allegedly being involved in a string of armed robberies, kidnappings, and murders.
Adebola, while parading the suspect at the state police command, said he would be charged in court.
He said, “Discreet intelligence-led search commenced for the sacked PMS chieftain with the help of technology, collaborative efforts with sister services and community policing, many locations were identified, traced and combed for months until his recent arrest in a concerted effort with our sister services.
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“Exhibits recovered in his possession at his Diamond Hotel residence around Alakia-Isebo Egbeda under Egbeda Local Government Area at the time include one AK-47 Riffle, four AK-47 magazines, 84 live AK-47 Ammunitions, 19 pump action riffles, one Barreta pistol, seven cut-to-size guns, one English made Barrel Gun.
“724 live cartridges, 25 cutlasses, Seven Jack knives, 33 mobile phones, one Samsung laptop, charms, one Mazda Bus, one Toyota Sienna, cash sum of N3,450,000.00. Moving forward, the suspect would be charged to court for offenses committed.” He stated.
The CP, therefore, thanked the public for providing credible information to curb the crime in the state.
Adebola also reiterated the commitment of the command to deal decisively with any criminally motivated individual or group who intended to flip the state retrogressively into the historical dark ages of the “Wild West.”