16th May, 2024
The police in Oyo have on Thursday, paraded former Chairman of Oyo State Park Management System (PMS), Lamidi Mukaila known as Auxiliary.
Auxiliary is accused of involvement in several cases of alleged armed robbery, murder and kidnappings.
He was said to have fled to avoid being arrested but the police declared him wanted.
He was, however, arrested by the Department of State Services around 4:00 pm on Tuesday at his residence in Olodo area of Ibadan.
The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Adebola Hamzat, while addressing the journalists on Thursday at the state command headquarters of the police in Ibadan, Auxiliary would answer for his alleged crimes in court.
He said: “Exhibits recovered in his possession at his Diamond Hotel residence around Alakia-Isebo Egbeda under Egbeda Local Government Area at the time include one AK-47 Riffle, four (4) AK-47 magazines, Eighty four (84) live AK-47 Ammunitions, Nineteen (19) pump action riffles, one Barreta Pistol, Seven Cut-to-size Gun, one English made Barrel Gun.
“Others are Seven Hundred and twenty four (724) live cartridges, 25 cutlasses, Seven Jack knives, thirty three(33) mobile phones, one Samsung Laptop, Charms, One Mazda Bus, One Toyota Sienna, Cash sum of Three Million, Four Hundred and fifty thousand naira, (N3,450,000.00).
”In furtherance of these, discreet intelligence-led search commenced for the sacked PMS chieftain with the help of technology, collaborative efforts with Sister Services and Community Policing, many locations were identified, traced and combed for months until his recent arrest in a concerted effort with our sister services.
“Moving forward, the suspect would be charged to court for offences committed.
“While the command is thanking the public for providing credible information to curb crime, it has become imperative to affirm to the general public about our resolve to deal decisively with any criminally motivated individual or group who intends to flip the State retrogressively into the historical dark ages of the “Wild West”.
“If you see something, say something and the Police will immediately do something”.