Nine suspects were paraded on Monday by the Oyo State Police Command over crimes ranging from rape, kidnapping and illegal gun possession.
Adewale Osifeso, PRO of the police, recounted how an unnamed woman visited her friend in Alakia in Ibadan a few weeks ago.
On her way back, she was attacked by three night guards, and taken away after her phone was hijacked as well.
“In a rather twisted turn of events, the young lady, having been dispossessed of her mobile phone, was whisked to another desolate spot, where she was held till about 01.25 am the next day.
“In furtherance of the above, the three guards took turns to have unlawful carnal knowledge of the young lady and as well forced her to transfer money into a bank account before she was abandoned to her fate at the scene.
“Upon interrogation, the suspects confessed to the crime. One dane gun, which they used for the criminal activity, and the Infinix mobile phone belonging to the victim, were recovered from the suspects,” the police spokesman added.
Samuel Success, a 46-year-old night watchman, was among those arrested. He was also alleged to have killed one Moshood Orolade, a 65-year-old.
Ikejabird gathered that Orolade was murdered on January 3 at his residence in Egbeda Local Government Area in Oyo state.
“On January 3, 2023, around 01.30am, a notorious robbery syndicate invaded a community in the Alakia area of Ibadan with guns, cutlasses and other weapons,” The Police PRO narrated how the Egbeda resident was killed.
“Regrettably, the head of the family, whose name was later given as Moshood Orolade, was brutally murdered in cold blood by the armed robbers before fleeing from the scene of the crime. A distress call, according to the report, was put through to the police, which resulted in the arrest of the kingpin of the armed robbery syndicate,” he added.
