15 arrested as gunmen attack 4 Ogun villages

Christopher Oji

There was tension in four villages around the ancient town of Ado – Odo in Ogun State as heavily armed gunmen attacked villagers .
Five people were injured in the attacks as the hoodlums ransacked houses and robbed residents of their phones , money,motorcycles and other valuables .
However, 15 suspected hoodlums have been arrested and detained at the Ado Odo Divisional Police Station .
The arrested suspects are : Azeez lateef,Moses aAmazede , Tobi, Oyetunde ,Idris ,Aliu , sodiq , bello , Waliu , Azeez ,Olusoji , Opeyemi, Babalola, Hassan , and Abolade.
The affected villages are : Alaagba,.Betiku Ashipa, Alapoti and Olorunleke

The armed hoodlums ,numbering about 100 invaded the villages over the weekend and shot sporadically .
One of the victims of the attacks Saubano Babajide Elekuro,said ” It was a very terrible experience .I have never had such in my life .
” I was at home ,when I started hearing gunshots . Suddenly some armed gangs forced their way into my house and started beating everyone .
” I pleaded with them not to injure or kill anybody but they kept beating us .
” At the end of the day ,they went away with two motor bikes ; one lady’ s bike and one bajaj and #70,000.
He also stated that he identified as certain Elijah with AK 47 during the attack on his house .
Another victim of the attack ,who was also injured ,Nafiu Oshoja, also said :” There were many of them .They came in buses ,and on motorcycles . ” When the attack continued ,we mobilized other villagers and confronted them with the help of policemen from Ado Ado Police Station .
Another villager ,Abiodun Emmanuel commended the DPO in charge of Ado Odo Division and the state Commissioner of Police for responding to their distress call .
The villager also called on the police in Ogun State to go after other members of the gang ,their sponsors and make them to face the full wrath of the law .
Efforts to get the reaction of the image maker in charge of the state police command ,Omolola Odutola failed as her mobile phone line was not available as at the time of filing this report .

However , a police source at Ado Odo ,while confirming the arrest of the suspects said that the arrested suspects confessed to have been led to the villages by Idris Mustapha a k a Arikusa ,Muftau ,a k a School boy and one other person.