Oyo Police Parades 78 PMS Members, Recovers 724 Firearms

The Oyo State Police Command, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, arrested and paraded 78 members (49 males and 29 females), of the Park Management System (PMS), planning to unleash mayhem in the state due to the state government dissolution of the body based on their criminal activities.

The park management system was a creation of Governor Seyi Makinde in 2020 after proscribing the National Union of Road Transport Union (NURTW) in the state.

PMS leadertwo-term, Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi alias Auxiliary, who has escaped arrest and declared wanted was an ally of Governor Makinde and worked for his emergence and reemergence of the governor as a two term governor.

According to a statement signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Osifeso Adewale, the men of the command today foiled an attempt at creating widespread carnage and civil disturbance in the State by some PMS members led by one Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi AKA Auxiliary, sequel to the immediate dissolution of the Disciplinary Committee of the Park Management System of the State.

The statement read, “Sequel to the above, on Tuesday 30/05/2023 in a strategic intelligence coordinated raid around his location at Diamond Hotel, Alakia-Isebo, under Egbeda LGA, (78) Seventy-Eight suspected hoodlums who had perfected plans to unleash mayhem at the early hours of today at Major parts of the Metropolis were arrested in possession of sophisticated firearms, (724) Seven Hundred and Twenty-four Cartridges assorted charms, (33) thirty-three mobile phones, and a cash sum of about (#3,450,000) three million four hundred and fifty thousand Naira only.

Also, during the raid, sophisticated firearms were recovered inside the hotel rooms and in the trunk compartment of parked vehicles within the hotel.

The statement further reads, “Worthy of note is that, though the PMS Chieftain was able to escape with some of his boys during the gun duel with the Police, However, a member of the group was neutralized in a gun duel with the Police.”

The police noted, “Recall that the same group was alleged to be responsible for the attack on (14) Fourteen members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) along Agodi axis under Ibadan North-East LGA en route to the venue of yesterday’s Inaugural celebrations.”

The statement stated, “In line with Standard Operational Procedure, all recovered items were properly Documented, packaged, and recorded for forensics analysis and evidence purpose in accordance with the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 and all other relevant laws.”

According to the police, details of the recovered items reads thus:

ONE AK-47 RIFFLE

2. FOUR AK-47 MAGAZINES
3. EIGHTY FOUR (84) LIVE AK-47 AMMUNITIONS
4. NINETEEN (19) PUMP ACTION RIFFLES
5. ONE BARRETA PISTOL
6. SEVEN CUT-TO-SIZE GUNS
7. ONE ENGLISH MADE SINGLE BARREL GUN
8. SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR (724) LIVE CARTRIDGES
9. TWENTY FIVE (25) CUTLASSES
10. SEVEN JACK KNIVES
11. THIRTY THREE MOBILE PHONES
12. ONE SAMSUNG LAPTOP
13. CRIMINAL CHARMS
14. ONE MAZDA BUS
15. ONE TOYOTA SIENNA
16. CASH SUM OF THREE MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY
    THOUSAND NAIRA (#3, 450, 000. 00) ONLY

LIST OF SUSPECTS

1. TIRIMISIYU ODUNAYO ‘M’ AGE 55 YRS
2. ISIAKA IDRIS ‘M’ AGE 45 YRS
3. KAMORU YUSUF ‘M’ AGE 55 YRS
4. ADEBAYO OLALEKAN ‘M’ AGE 18 YRS
5. KOLAWOLE JOSHUA ‘M’ AGE 48 YRS
6. MORADEYO TOSIN ‘M’ AGE 30 YRS
7. OLUWOLE AKANBI ‘M’ AGE 60 YRS
8. ISIAKA LAMIDI ‘M’ AGE 53 YRS
9. OPEYEMI ABDULAHI ‘M’ AGE 25 YRS
10. ABDULAHI INAOMO ‘M’ AGE 50 YRS
11. MUSA ODUNAYO ‘M’ AGE 44 YRS
12. BIODUN OLANIYI ‘M’ AGE 35 YRS
13. ALABI IBRAHIM ‘M,’ AGE 20 YRS
14. HAMMED YUSUF ‘M’ AGE 34 YRS
15. ADEDOKUN TAJUDEEN ‘M’ AGE 50 YRS
16. OLANIYI OLAYINKA ‘M’ AGE 33 YRS
17. ABASS OGUNMOLA ‘M’ AGE 50 YRS
18. INAOLAJI BANJO ‘M’ AGE 49 YRS
19. SIKIRU AFOLABI ‘M’ AGE 53 YRS
20. AWEDA BASHIRU ‘M’ AGE 42 YRS
21. AMOS AJAYI ‘M’ AGE 45 YRS
22. AKANDE BASIT ‘M’ AGE 21 YRS
23. HAMMED DAUDA ‘M’ AGE 30 YRS
24. AFEEZ ADEMOLA ‘M’ AGE 30 YRS
25. SARAFA ADEWALE ‘M’ AGE 54 YRS
26. OWOADE SODIQ ‘M’ AGE 34 YRS
27. AZEEZ OLAIDE ‘M’ AGE 38 YRS
28. TAOFEEQ ROBIU ‘M’ AGE 52 YRS
29. HAMMED RASAQ ‘M’ AGE 41 YRS
30. KUNLE OLADOSUN ‘M’ AGE 50 YRS
31. MOSES OWURU ‘M’ AGE 38 YRS
32. ODUNAYO ABIODUN ‘M’ AGE 35 YRS
33. ADEPOJU ADEWALE ‘M’ AGE 46 YRS
34. FATAI ABIDEMI ‘M’ AGE 42 YRS
35. TESLIM ISHOLA ‘M’ AGE 40 YRS
36. ADEBAYO AKANDE ‘M’ AGE 33 YRS
37. ISAMOTU SULAIMON ‘M’ AGE 45 YRS
38. OLADEJI FELIX ‘M’ AGE 31 YRS
39. MORUF LATEEF ‘M’ AGE 45 YRS
40. AJADI ADEMOLA ‘M’ AGE 22 YRS
41. ADEKUNLE ADEJARE ‘M’ AGE 40 YRS
42. OLAONIPEKUN JAMIU ‘M’ AGE 28 YRS
43. UKANA DANIEL ‘M’ AGE 29 YRS
44. SIKIRU ADEBAYO ‘M’ AGE 62 YRS
45. WAHAB SAHEED ‘M’ 33 YRS
46. BABATUNDE RIDWAN ‘M’ AGE 29 YRS
47. ADEBAYO SODIQ ‘M’ AGE 23 YRS
48. ADABALE AFEEZ ‘M’ AGE 25 YRS
49. KAFAYAT IDRIS ‘F’ AGE 30 YRS
50. SILIFA IBRAHEEM ‘F’ AGE 30 YRS
51. KAFAYAT ALABA ‘F’ AGE 30 YRS
52. ADIJAT OLANIYAN ‘F’ AGE 30 YRS
53. TOSIN OLALEKAN ‘F’ AGE 35 YRS
54. OYEWOLA IFEOLUWA ‘F’ AGE 28 YRS
55. BALIKIS KABIRU ‘F’ AGE 32 YRS
56. AFOLABI OLUWAKEMI ‘F’ AGE 30 YRS
57. ARIYO FUNMILAYO ‘F’ AGE 38 YRS
58. RUKAYAT TAIWO ‘F’ AGE 30 YRS
59. AMINAT POPOOLA ‘F’ AGE 29 YRS
60. FUNKE MOHAMMED ‘F’ AGE 42 YRS
61. TAIWO SULAIMON ‘F’ AGE 29 YRS
62. GANIYAT FATAI ‘F’ AGE 41 YRS
63. MUTIAT AYOOLA ‘F’ AGE 40 YRS
64. RONKE OGUNRINDE ‘F’ AGE 33 YRS
65. OMOLARA MUSTAPHA ‘F’ AGE 42 YRS
66. BUNMI OGUNRINADE ‘F’ AGE 40 YRS
67. AKINTOLA SALEWA ‘F’ AGE 30 YRS
68. MARIA AJADI ‘F’ AGE 29 YRS
69. TIAMIYU KARIMOT ‘F’ AGE 23 YRS
70. ADENIYI FUNMILAYO ‘F’ AGE 33 YRS
71. OGUNDELE TAIWO ‘F’ AGE 42 YRS
72. OGUNDELE SUKURA ‘F’ AGE 22 YRS
73. ADEOLA ADENIJI ‘F’ AGE 20 YRS
74. SULIA SALAWU ‘F’ AGE 29 YRS
75. FATAI FASILAT ‘F’ AGE 49 YRS
76. OLAJUMOKE OLAWUWO ‘F’ 52 YRS
77. ADEDOKUN MARIA ‘F’ AGE 23 YRS
78. SMILA ABIODUN ‘M’ AGE 35 YRS