Police authorities in Ekiti State said they have arrested five suspected
armed robbers in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. One of those arrested was a
masquerade.
But, the leader of the seven- man gang, Odunayo Kolawole, 24, was
unfortunate as he was shot dead by the police during a shootout in Ado Ekiti,
at the weekend. The masquerade, 24-yearold Osalusi Sunday, of Ijigbo Quarters
in Ado-Ekiti, who went on an armed robbery expedition donning the garb of his
family’s masquerade, ‘Sinrinminyin’ and four others were arrested by the
police. The four other suspects are Deji Owolabi, Ayodeji Obamoyegun, Peter
Akinwale and Oluwatosin Adefemi.
Parading the suspects at the Ekiti State Police Command
yesterday, state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Olu Victor
Babayemi, said two other members of the gang, Danjuma Saheed and Oguntayo
Saheed escaped arrest.
His words: “While the gang members were dispossessing their
victims of their valuables, a police woman sent a distress call to the police
and men from nearby stations and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad descended on
them”.
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