The Police Command in Ekiti, on Friday in Ado-Ekiti, paraded 17 people over alleged murder, kidnapping, cultism, armed robbery and arson.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Dare Ogundare, is represented by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP. Sunday Abutu, said efforts were ongoing to arrest other members of the various gangs who had evaded arrest.
He said that one of the suspects attempted to kill one Ijadale Francis by assaulting and inflicting ‘high degree of injuries’ on him at Dove filling station, Aramoko-Ekiti. The police commissioner said that the remaining 11 suspects, belonging to a criminal gang, were nabbed in Ikere-Ekiti for conspiracy, armed robbery, cultism, attempted murder, murder, arson and kidnapping.
The police boss added that the command’s Rapid Response Squad immediately mobilised to the scene and arrested the suspects who usually robbed innocent citizens of their valuables.
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