From Olanrewaju Lawal, Ilorin
The Kwara state Police Command has arrested three members of eight suspected gang that raped a15 years old girl in Ilorin, while thirteen armed robbers have been arrested for various crimes.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Garba Soliu, who paraded the suspects on Wednesday said the suspects raped the victim on October 8, at Abdulazeez Attah road, Ilorin, at about 1400hours.
Out of the eight suspects, the Police boss said three of the rapists; Kadri Rafiu, Sikiru Jimoh and Mustapha Nasiru were arrested while other suspects, who had fled, would be arrested soon.
While speaking on other thirteen suspected armed robbers arrested, Soliu said some of the suspected armed robbers arrested were not aliens to the state but indigenes who were operating within their community.
He disclosed that among the suspects charged with criminal conspiracy and illegal possession of firearms, one Sikiru Jimoh was arrested and when his room was searched, different kind of guns were discovered while living under the roof of his parent.
The police boss also disclosed that the command arrested three suspected members of Aye and Eiye secrete cult with single barrel gun, one double barrel gun, eight life cartridges, four cutlasses and other dangerous weapons.
He listed the suspects as” Yusuf Jimoh aka Indomie, Idowu Yakub a.k.a Gaddafi and Akeem Yahyah a.k.a School boy, saying they have confessed to be members of Eiye and Aye secrete cults and they would be charged to court for prosecution.
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