Oyo state Commissioner of Police CP Vivian Ngozi Onadeko, has disclosed that men of the command recovered an AK 47 riffle from a fleeing suspect along the Ogun/Oyo state border.
CP Onadeko made this known on Sunday evening in a statement issued on her behalf by the command Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), DSP Adewale Osifeso
The Commissioner of Police stressed that the AK 47 riffle was recovered by men of the command during a search duty at Bakari, a border village between Oyo and Ogun State end of Oyo state during which the said suspect escaped into the nearby bush
The statement reads in part:” Today being Sunday 2/05/2021 at about 1630HRS, Operatives attached to the Command’s Monitoring Unit while on aggressive stop and search duty at Bakari, a border village between Oyo and Ogun recorded yet another breakthrough in the fight against crime and criminality.The suspect spotted the tactical officers while performing their routine intelligence driven checks from a far before immediately turning his Bajaj Motorcycle to flee.
In swift response, the Tactical operatives engaged in hot pursuit after the fleeing suspect into the pathways leading into the a nearby forest”, adding, “an action that led to a sack falling off the back of his bajaj Motorcycle. A cursory look into the content of the sack revealed it was an AK-47 Riffle with breech number 353913.
Comprehensive investigations are ongoing not only to apprehend the suspect but as well crack down his criminal network and supply chain.”, CP Onadeko tasked the people of Oyo state ” to partner with the Police in terms of sharing credible and timely information valuable in curbing criminality and birthing a peaceful Oyo State of our collective dreams.”
