The Oyo State Police Command made a big reveal on May 30, 2023. According to reports, the Oyo Police Department arrested 78 people in connection with a plot to create trouble in the State. During the raid, the police also shot and killed one person. Adewale Osifeso, a State Police Public Relation Officer named Adebowale Williams stated that Adebowale Williams, the State Commissioner for Police Adebowale Williams had said that the suspects were captured at the Diamond Hotel in Alakia-Isebo. Williams then paraded the suspects to the Egbeda Local Government Area Police Headquarters. Since the big reveal by the authorities in this case, the public has been eager to learn every detail. We have provided all the information you need to know. Scroll down the page.
Auxiliary arrest
78 suspects were arrested for allegedly creating trouble in the state following the dissolution the Park Management System. The State Commissioner revealed that a total 33 mobile phones, 724 cartridges, other sophisticated firearms, charms, and N3,450,000 in cash were all recovered from suspects. In its proactive nature, the Oyo State Police Command acted on intelligence-driven monitoring to foil an attempt to create civil unrest and carnage in the state. Continue reading the details by scrolling down.
Osideso, the State Public Police Relations officer said that members of Park Management System headed by Auxiliary aka Alhaji Lamidi were arrested following the dissolution of PMS’s Disciplinary Committee. He said, “Preliminary investigation reveals that in the early morning hours of Tuesday May 30, 2023 in a strategically intelligence coordinated raid, around his location at Diamond Hotel in Alakia-Isebo under Egbeda Local Government Area, 78 notorious hoodlums were arrested with sophisticated firearms and assorted charms. They also had 724 cartridges in addition to a sum of N3,450,000 in cash, 33 mobile phones, and a number of other items.
A member of this group was neutralized in the standoff, but the PMS chieftain fled and escaped arrest at the time the raid took place. The same group is also responsible for the attack against the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, which had 14 members along the Ibadan North East LGA route. Public police relations officers added that all recovered items had been packed and documented for forensics. Keep an eye on this website for updates and more information.