The Oyo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested eight suspects for various offences, including those involved in illegal mining activities, conspiracy, stealing, and malicious damage to farm crops.
Briefing journalists on the arrests on Wednesday, the Commandant, Augustine Padonu, gave the names of the suspects as Bande Mohammed (45), Useni Yoyo (45), Olalekan Ibrahim (25), Akinpelu Olalekan (25), Folarin Bankole (52), Olokun Olawale (33), Abdulkadir Sa’adu (50), and Afolabi Moses (44).
Regarding the illegal mining activities, the Commandant said that the suspect, Mohammed, was arrested by the command’s crack team at a Fulani settlement Budo Musa in Iwajowa Local Government Area of the state on Saturday, February 3, at about 3 pm, when found to be dealing in mining at a neighboring community known as Dabo-Zamia Village.
He was said to have worked in collaboration with a suspected illegal miner without an operation license who is currently at large.
He also informed journalists of a leader of Fulani herdsmen, Yoyo, who was nabbed by NSCDC’s Agoro Rangers in Ilora Town in Afijio Local Government Area for allegedly grazing a herd of cattle on farmland with crops belonging to farmers in the town’s community.
The cattle destroyed farm produce worth about N5 million without any compensation from the suspect, Padonu said.
Speaking further, the Commandant disclosed how two suspects, both of them named Olalekan, invaded shops at Sagbe, Moniya area of Ibadan, where trucks’ spare parts are sold to steal, using face masks.
Recovered from them were a Tipper gear selector, a cap gear, a gear flag, and eight belts.
Also shown to journalists were Olawale and Bankole who allegedly used their Point of Sale (POS) machine to fraudulently receive payment from a cellphone.
Commandant Padonu disclosed that the phone was forcefully collected from a victim at gunpoint during an armed robbery operation at Akobo area in November 2023.
The robbery gang also went away with the victim’s Toyota Highlander SUV.
He added that two suspects, Moses and Sa’adu, were apprehended in connection with the alleged stealing of a Bajaj motorcycle with the registration number BDJ 413 UG, which was parked CAC, Oke Agbara, Ibadan.
The Commandant enjoined members of the public to be more vigilant, security conscious and provide useful information to the command for a collective fight against crime in the state.
He said that the suspects would be arraigned in court if found culpable of the offences on conclusion of investigations.
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