Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye
The
Ogun State commissioner of police, Mr. Ikemefuna Okoye, has said the
command arrested 220 armed robbers and killed 37 others during shootouts
with his men between January and September 2014.
The police boss, who spoke at the state
police headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, during a parade of some
suspected cultists and robbers, added that within the period under
review, 48 guns, which included 10 AK-47 rifles, and 1,600 ammunition
were recovered.
Okoye stated that 116 vehicles were recovered, while 92 suspected cultists were arrested.
Okoye said his men on Saturday arrested
31 suspected cultists who belonged to Eiye confraternity in a hotel in
the Obantoko area of Abeokuta during their initiation.
He said, “Based on an intelligence
report we got, our men swung into action and 31 of the suspected
cultists were arrested. Banners, berrets and T-shirts used during the
initiation were recovered.”
Also, the command said it was probing
the cause of the suicide of a 60-year-old retired Assistant
Superintendent of Police, Sunday Isokpehi, and what made him kill his
40-year-old wife, Gladys, before his suicide.
The spokesperson for the police in the
state, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the police would investigate whether he
legally acquired the double-barrelled gun he used or not.
Isokpehi was reported to have shot his
wife to death on Saturday after returning to their home in the Ota area
of the state from a social function, accusing her of being drunk.
He thereafter shot himself to death.
Adejobi stated that the late ASP did not kill his son as formerly believed.
He said, “We are still investigating the immediate and remote causes of the tragic incident.
“We will find out whether the man was
depressed or was under any under influence. A normal person will not
open fire on his wife and then kill himself.
“We will investigate how he got the double-barrelled gun he used in committing the dastardly act.”
He said Isokpehi retired in March 2014 from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad unit of the Lagos State Police Command.
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