Police recover arms from suspected thugs in Osun
Few days to the
rescheduled National Assembly election, Police in Osun State have
recovered arms and ammunition from hoodlums suspected to be political
thugs in the state.
The arms recovered include 19 pomp Italian guns, one cutlass, eight live cartridges and one automatic pistol.
Parading the 11
suspects at the headquarters of the state police command, the state
Commissioner of Police, Peter Gana said the suspects were arrested
after a tip off.
The leader of the
gang who identified himself as Sheu Olawumi said when interrogated by
journalists that all the 11 members of the gang paraded were card
carrying members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) from Lagos
State.
Mr Olawumi could not however produce his membership card as he alleged that the Police confiscated it when he was arrested.
He said he is a
driver at Ojota Motor Park in Lagos and claimed that the items were
given to them at a meeting of the ACN in a part of Lagos State by a
chieftain of the party who they always refer to as “Jeje”.
Police is committed
The Commissioner of
Police, however, reiterated the commitment of the state command of the
police to ensure a peaceful conduct of the Saturday election, even as
he promised to investigate the matter. He said “the state police
command will not regard anybody as a sacred cow in the present events
as any person indicted would be brought to book not minding whose ox is
gored.” The command, he said is prepared to curtail and contain any
attempt by any group, sector or individual to thwart the relative peace
the state is experiencing now.
“This is also a
warning signal to political parties and their thugs to ensure that they
maintain absolute decorum during their party’s rallies as the police
are prepared to deal decisively with any untoward situation,” he added.
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