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By Seyifunmi Odunuga
IBADAN – Raheem Toheeb, One of the suspected burglers of Iseyin Police Station in Oyo state, on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, confessed to the Oyo state Police Command that he took a generating set and two cartons of beer at a Police station during the crisis.
The 28 year-old suspect, said the two cartons of beer were shared among the protesters during the struggle, but the generating set was returned after the youth leader in the town announced that they should return all the looted properties.
The suspect, Toheeb, however denied being among the people that set the Police station ablaze.
He made the confession when Joe Nwachukwu E nwonwu, the State Commissioner of Police paraded nine suspects of the recent attacks on police stations across Oyo state.
Other suspects arrested are; Taoreed Hamsat, Tajudeen Ibrahim, Moshood Fatai, Musibau Abubakar, Sikiru Aliu, Fasasi Fatai, Isiaka Olaniyi, Raheem Toheeb, and Adeleke Akeem.
While speaking during the press conference at the Police State Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, the Commissioner of Police said the suspects were among the people who carted away the police armunations in various looted police stations in the state.
The Commissioner said the properties stolen by the suspects are; one generating set, Nino wall clock belonging to the Division, one Bajaj motorcycle, one Hero 125 motorcycle, and a TVS motorcycle with registration number; DGB215QK.
Enwonwu said; “Consequent upon the looted stations, six police officers were gruesomely murdered five divisional police headquarters, police patrol vehicles were burnt down and exhibits looted in exhibits room with many police arms and ammunition carted away due to activities of criminal elements who capitalized on the protest to perpetrate their heinous crimes.
“Nevertheless, the Oyo State Police Command have arrested no fewer than nine suspected arsonists and looters for allegedly attacking the divisional police headquarters, Iseyin and setting the station ablaze under the pretext of #Endsars protest that lingered for many days.”
The Police Commissioner said that the command would continue to put up spirited efforts to arrest all other hoodlums who have carried out massive looting and coordinated attack on police stations and personnel.
