Monday 6 January 2014

78 Rape suspect arrested in Osun state

The Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Mrs. Dorothy Gimba, has said that the command arrested 78 rape suspects in the state in 2013.

She said this while briefing journalists in Osogbo on Saturday.
The CP said that apart from 78 rape suspects nabbed by the command, 15 suspects were also arrested for defiling minors, while 70 armed robbery suspects were arrested in the just concluded year.
Gimba added that 26 murder suspects, 17 cultists and two kidnappers were arrested, while two kidnapped victims were rescued and 45 arms, 52 ammunition were recovered.
She said, “The command recovered 62 vehicles, 64 motorcycles, while 90 suspects were convicted and another 99 were standing trial in various courts in the state.”

The commissioner also said the command had arrested a 34 year-old graduate of Computer Science and Engineering of the  Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Olawale Peters, and four others  for allegedly stealing 28 laptops, eight digital  cameras, phones and other computer accessories valued at over N6m.

The suspects were said to have stolen the electronics/communication gadgets from a computer accessories shop in Osogbo.

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