A source in the Police Force disclosed that one Inspector Ehigimetor Ileso, a Traffic Warder who is now late, stole a police gun and sold it. The Traffic Warder was caught, paraded and dismissed from the Police Force. The shame and disgrace made the Warder go into depression & died in the process.
The men of the Intelligence Response Team led by their Commander DCP Olatunji Disu on 17/12/2021 at about 1820hrs traced the stolen weapon to a notorious criminal and his gang named Lekan Tajudeen aka Rector who operates in Kwara/Osun State where he also resides.
The nabbed seven man gang comprises of 23-year-old Tajudeen Olalekan Hammed (aka Rector), 33-year-old Chukwudi Eze, 38-year-old Haruna Yusuf, 26-year-old Alebo Elijah, 32-year-old Alebo Isreal, 42-year-old Abimbola Olanipekun, and 39-year-old Olarinre Abiodun.
Weapons recovered are:
One Police English Berretta Pistol, One locally made Revolver Pistol, Two locally fabricated Pistol, One locally/Moderately cut to size Gun, Eleven Live Catridges, Five Dangerous Knives, Three different battle axes, and One Cutlass.
One of the nabbed suspect who happened to be a Police Sergeant, 38-year-old Haruna Yusuf, disclosed how he stole a rifle from a mosque in the police station and sold it to a Disc Jockey
According to Haruna Yusuf, “I am traffic warden serving in Kwara state. I was on a special duty when I was arrested on November 30, 2021 by a team from IRT. I was arrested with regards to a missing fire arm. I found the firearm behind a mosque in my division. Instead of me to take the firearm to my colleagues at the station, I mistakenly sold it to a DJ for N47,000. I actually don’t know what came over me. After I disposed it, I learnt firearm was missing but I could not confess that I sold it so as not to get into trouble.
I also sold a local revolver pistol. I got the pistol from an event organised by my kinsmen. I actually bought it N25,000 due to the incessant killings by herdsmen in my town. I was afraid with the security situation in the country that was why I bought it”. He said.
The Commissioner of Police Kwara State, Olawale Olokode, disclosed that Haruna Yusuf would first be tried administratively before he would be prosecuted. He also added that the owner of the weapon, late Inspector Ehigimetor Ileso was dismissed due to the case of the missing firearm before he later kicked the bucket due to the incident.
