The Nigerian Police, Kwara state command has on Tuesday confirmed the arrested of four suspects for illegal possession of firearms.
Kwara State Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zanna Ibrahim, informed the newsmen of that “four suspects were arrested by the police in Oyun, Ilorin metropolis, in the house of PDP Chairman on Tuesday morning.
“One of the suspects, Olorunfemi Sola, was caught with a locally made gun and one live cartridge’’, he said.
Ibrahim said investigation into the matter was still going on, adding that it would reveal the identities of other suspects.
In his reaction, the Caretaker Chairman of PDP in the state, Mr Solomon Edoja, told NAN that some hoodlums were sighted outside his house and he alerted the police.
According to him, about 90 per cent of the hoodlums were people masquerading like PDP members whose mission was to foment trouble. “When police arrested one of them and searched him thoroughly, he was caught with live ammunition.
“You will agree with me that it is typical of hoodlums to mention names of prominent persons when arrested’’, Edoja said
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