Crime
Police apprehend 78 Motor Park thugs in possession of arms in Oyo
The Oyo State Police Command on Thursday paraded some Motor Park thugs loyal to former Head of the Disciplinary Committee of Park Management System, Mukaila Lamidi, popularly called Auxiliary, at the Oyo State Police Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan.
The Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Adebowale Williams, in media interaction during the parade, disclosed that the suspects were arrested while trying to create widespread carnage and civil disturbance after the immediate dissolution of the Disciplinary Committee of the Park Management System of the state.
The Commissioner of Police said that 78 of the Park thugs were arrested for unlawful possession of arms and ammunition, adding that exhibits recovered from them include 724 cartridges, 33 mobile phones and a sum of money worth N3,450,000 (three million, four hundred and fifty thousand naira).
The CP said that the Park Management System head escaped with some of his boys during exchange of gunfire with the Police during the raid on his residence.
-
Latest3 days agoMakinde declares 2027 presidential bid under PDP–APM alliance
-
Featured3 days agoObasanjo faults Tinubu’s economic reforms, calls them necessary but poorly designed
-
Business4 days agoAnger, debate trail proposed $1.25bn loan amid concerns over Nigeria’s debt surge
-
Featured3 days agoWike dismisses political speculation over meeting with APC Chairman Yilwatda
-
Latest6 days agoWike loyalists dominate As APC clears 33 aspirants for Rivers Assembly primaries, 65 disqualified
-
Latest3 days agoWike says Makinde’s presidential ambition dead on arrival
-
Comments and Issues3 days agoPolitical Parties Primaries: Consensus or Coronation?
-
Business4 days agoNigeria’s 2026 debt servicing hits $11.6bn as Tinubu decries global financial inequity