The Kwara State Police Command paraded on Friday seven suspected criminals involved in various alleged crimes. Among them was a suspect allegedly involved in the brutal murder of Anthony Kayode Balogun, the hotelier who was murdered on August 8, 2024, at his hotel in the Olulande area of the Ilorin metropolis by suspected cultists.
At a press conference in Ilorin on Friday, Commissioner of Police Victor Olaiya disclosed that a suspect, Abolarin Samuel Idowu, aka Sam Caro, 37, was arrested at his hideout near a Conoil filling station in Ita Alamu, Ilorin, in connection with the murder of the hotelier, three weeks after the incident. 'A search conducted at the time of his arrest led to the recovery of a locally fabricated gun and three live cartridges.
'The incident occurred on August 9, 2024, when Awesu Mojisola received a phone call from one Kolawole Timileyin, a female student of the same institution. 'Timileyin relayed a message from Adebayo Joshua Happiness, an expelled final year student of Summit University, Offa, Kwara State, who invited Awesu Mojisola to attend a purported sign-out party at Whitefield Hotel, Ilorin, with a promise of N15,000. Mojisola accepted the invitation and left Offa for Ilorin later in the day.
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