The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Osun East Senatorial District, Ajibola Famurewa has been detained by the police over alleged unlawful possession of ammunition and firearms, among others. Famurewa was invited by policemen attached to the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Alagbon, Lagos on Tuesday in connection with the arrest of a political thug, Afolabi Fadahunsi, popularly known as Carlos.
Nigeria Police Detain Osun APC Senatorial Candidate, Famurewa Over Alleged Unlawful Possession of FirearmsThe APC candidate was subsequently detained and transferred to the Osun State Police Command CID in Osogbo.The candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Osun East Senatorial District, Ajibola Famurewa has been detained by the police over alleged unlawful possession of ammunition and firearms, among others.
“Still at CID custody till now, he was arrested on Tuesday and was taken down to Osogbo on Wednesday from Alagbon,” a source told SaharaReporters. Fadahunsi, who currently represents the senatorial district, is seeking re-election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. “It is a known fact that the said Carlos, the State Coordinator of the famed group of political thugs called 'State Boys' assembled by the administration of Rauf Aregbesola was working for APC and Famurewa.“At different times in the build-up to the 2015 general elections, this same Carlos shot and maimed many PDP supporters in Ilesa and its environs.
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