Akure— Two security guards, Samuel Linus
and Adekunle Ogundana, who allegedly
stole two underwears belonging to the
daughter of a clergyman within a church’s
premises in Akure metropolis, were
yesterday paraded alongside suspected
kidnappers by Ondo State Police Command.
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Briefing newsmen in Akure, the state Police
spokesperson, Femi Joseph, said the
daughter of the clergyman washed two of
her pants and spread them on the line at
about 8p.m. in the presence of the guards
and by 6a.m., next day, the panties
disappeared.
Joseph said the suspects, who are
attached to the orthodox church, were
posted to the apartment, which was highly
fortified by a private security outfit in the
state.
The suspects denied complicity in the
offence for which they were paraded.
Also paraded by the state Police Command
were two suspected Indian hemp dealers,
Sunday Femi and Friday Ami, who allegedly
hacked a 75-year-old grandmother, Modupe
Olorunfemi, to death at her Owo farm.
They killed her for allegedly giving security
operatives information about their nefarious
planting and selling of Indian hemp in Owo
area.
The police spokesperson said: “The
suspects and their accomplices allegedly
killed the old woman. The suspects would
be charged to court after the completion of
investigation.â€
In an interview, one of the suspects, Friday,
who admitted to be dealing in cannabis
business, said: “It was Gbenga that sent us
to kill her and he has run away.
“He promised to give us N500,000 for the
‘job,’ but up till today he has not fulfilled
his promised, because he is nowhere to be
found.“
However, the other suspect, Femi, who
denied killing the old woman, said he was a
commercial motorcyclist who only
conveyed Friday to the village, where the
woman was killed.
Speaking also on the six suspected
kidnappers, the state Police spokesperson,
Femi Joseph, said they were arrested at a
hideout in Emure-Owo Forest during a raid
by the Joint Task Force of the security
agencies in the state.
Joseph said the suspected kidnappers
were arrested “at about 3a.m. by the joint
Task Force codenamed Operation crime
free , acting on a tip-off.
According to him, the “six suspected
kidnappers were picked up at Emure
Junction via Owo, where they gathered in a
suspicious manner.
“The following items were recovered from
them: 16 locally-made guns, 17 cutlasses,
13 knives, seven handsets and N27,820
cash.â€
