The Lagos State Police Command has declared one Tajudeen Olanrewaju believed to be Ogboni leader wanted for threatening neighborhood with pump action rifle.
The state’s PPRO, Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed this in a statement released on Thursday via his Twitter handle saying that the wanted escaped during the course of search on his residence around Surulere area of the State.
According to him,in a sting operation,Rapid Response Squad (RRS) led by CSP Egbeyemi was able to recover three pump action rifles,one Beretta pistol magazine,one expended and three live cartridges including a picture frame of the suspect from his residence.
“Following the emergence of a video earlier this week showing a man wielding a pump action rifle and threatening public peace, the CSP Egbeyemi-led Rapid Response Squad (RRS), working on actionable intelligence, carried out a sting operation on the residence of the man in the Surulere area of the state,”the statement read
https://twitter.com/NpoReports/status/1621185191506071553“Found in the suspect’s residence were three pump action rifles, one Beretta pistol magazine,one expended and three live cartridges and a picture frame of the suspect.
“The suspect,Tajudeen Olanrewaju Bakare, narrowly escaped arrest and is hereby declared wanted. Any useful information leading to his arrest would be highly appreciated and treated with utmost confidentiality.
“While appreciating Lagosians for their vigilance and prompt information to security agencies, the Lagos State Police Command once again warns all trouble makers to steer clear of the state as anyone found wanting would be dealt with in accordance with the law,”the statement added
Bakre was arrested in August 2021 during a protest by the Yoruba Nation agitators. He had been arrested along others who were decked some traditional wears.
He was later charged with the murder of one of the victims of that protest, Jumoke Oyedele, a teenager who died of stray bullet then.
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Bakare had said then he was shocked at the murder allegations levelled against him by the state’s authorities, saying he had no gun with him when he was arrested.
“We were not arrested at the Yoruba Nation rally ground. And I did not kill anybody. Or how is it possible for someone who does not have a gun on him to shoot another person to death?” he had said.