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General News of Tuesday, 9 March 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Our men are still in police custody; not transferred to Abuja – OPC

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Gani Adams' Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has said on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, that three of its operatives are still in the grasp of the Oyo State Police Command contrary to reports that they have been moved to Abuja.

This disclosure was made public The Punch newspaper after they spoke to OPC Coordinator in Oyo State, Rotimi Olumo earlier today.

He said, “Our men are still in police custody here at the State Criminal Investigation Department in Iyaganku, Ibadan. I saw them this afternoon after a meeting with the police. They have not been moved anywhere and we are working on their release.”

The PUNCH had earlier reported that the OPC, on Sunday, arrested notorious Fulani warlord, Iskilu Wakili, accused of terrorizing villages in the Ibarapa area of the state.

The OPC later handed over Wakili to the Oyo State Police Command but the police subsequently detained three OPC operatives for allegedly burning down Wakili’s house and killing an unknown woman in the process, according to The Punch.

However, the OPC had said the murder and arson allegations were false, adding that it immediately handed over Wakili and three of his accomplices to the police in Igboora after their arrest.

The OPC had called on Yoruba leaders to come to the rescue of its men, saying it is unfortunate that the police resorted to hunting its men after arresting the notorious Fulani warlord while Wakili was moved to the hospital.

Before Wakili’s arrest, farmers and residents of Ayete, Kajola and neighbouring villages in Ibarapaland lived in perpetual fear of Wakili who was accused of displacing them from their farms, kidnapping their rich men and raping their women.