Twenty-three #EndSARS have been arrested in Ogun
State.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday by the
Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi.
He disclosed that the protesters were apprehended after the
protest which meant to be peaceful allegedly turned violent.
“Surprisingly, the protesters who were appealed jointly by the
Alake and Paramount ruler of Egba land and the Commissioner of
Police, Edward Ajogun left the Alake palace and headed to the
palace of Olowu where the traditional festival of Owu day was
ongoing and violently disrupted the ceremony which had ex-President
Olusegun Obasanjo and the Ogun State Deputy Governor, Noimot
Salako- Oyedele in attendance,” he said.
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“They also damaged the back windshield of the deputy governor’s
official car before heading to SARS office at Magbon where they
fired some gunshots at the men and injured one Sgt Akabudike
Augustine. Consequently, men of the outfit dispersed them and
arrested 23 amongst them.
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“Some of their vehicles abandoned at SARS office were recovered
and searched, three guns namely; one pump action, two locally made
pistols, some rounds of ammunition and assorted charms were
recovered in one of the vehicles with registration number Lagos KRD
551GJ.”
The police commissioner, however, appealed to parents, community
leaders and other stakeholders to call their wards to order,
warning that the command will not fold its arms while hoodlums will
be unleashing violence on officers and men for no just reason.
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