Men from Ogun State’s So-Safe Corps nabbed a man who allegedly used a fake firearm to terrorise the Ala community in the state’s Odogbolu Local Government Area.
The Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Moruf Yusuf, confirmed this to our correspondent on Monday.
According to him, the suspect, Daniel Iwalokun, is from Ilaje, Ondo State.
He was accused of terrorising the inhabitants of Ala with a toy gun.
“The suspect, identified as Daniel Iwalokun, a native of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, was apprehended by the Ijebu Zonal Operation team of the Corps.
“The suspect had been instilling fear in the people, causing unrest in the said Ala community and using the fake pistol to achieve his criminal aims,” Moruf said.
Preliminary investigations, according to him, established that “the suspect has been operating all alone with the toy gun”.
Moruf disclosed that the suspect and the recovered fake pistol have been transferred to the Obalende Divisional Police Headquarters for further investigation and likely prosecution, on the directive of the Corps Commander, Soji Ganzallo.
On Sunday that the So-Safe Corps arrested one Kabiru Adedotun, a suspected notorious Eye Confraternity cultist terrorising Ogun communities while recovering a cut-to-size pistol from him.
Adetoun and the exhibit recovered from him had been transferred to the Nigeria Police Force, Monitoring Unit, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta for onward transfer to the State Police Headquarters, Eleweran for further investigation and likely prosecution.”