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The Osun State Police Command has recovered an AK-47 rifle that was allegedly snatched by suspected political thugs during a police rescue operation at the Naira and Kobo Park in Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area.
The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Zungura, who paraded four suspects in connection with the crime on Thursday, gave the suspects’ names as Sikiru Ademola Adedeji (21), Olalere Taiwo (21), Olalere Ademola (26) and Bankole Abiodun (20).
According to the commissioner, preliminary interrogations revealed that the suspects belong to a political thug faction headed by a man named Ayewo.
Investigators established that Ayewo fired the snatched rifle, resulting in casualties.
He said the police had launched a manhunt for Ayewo and other fleeing accomplices, vowing that anyone found culpable would face the full weight of the law.
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Speaking to journalists, one of the suspects, Sikiru Ademola Adedeji, detailed how the incident unfolded and named “Senator Akogun Lere” as their boss.
He explained that he was collecting union levies at the Naira and Kobo Park in Ikire, while a colleague was doing the same at the nearby Obada Market.
“Ayewo said they should go and bring the boy. Ayewo is our head in the park, and he was brought in by Scorpion and Lanko. They macheted the boy, who then went to report the incident to the police,” Adedeji stated.
He continued: “When the police arrived, they told us not to run. We stayed, and someone snatched a gun from the police. He started shooting; two people died, and some policemen were also hit. Afterward, I was told to ask Ayewo to leave town because ‘Oga’ ordered it.”
Asked who the Oga was who gave the order, the suspect reluctantly said, “The only Oga that I know is Senator Akogun Lere.”.
