Samuel Awoyinfa , Abeokuta
A 43 - year - old man, Adebisi
Akinrinmola who allegedly killed his
rival, Ashimiyu Ademola, during an
argument over his lover, Fausat , has
said that it was the devil that pushed
him to shoot the deceased .
The suspect was among the 43 suspects
paraded by the Ogun State
Commissioner of Police , Ahmed
Iliyasu , at the command ’s
headquarters on Friday. The crimes
committed by the suspects, between
January and February 2017 , include
murder, armed robbery,
impersonation and kidnapping .
Dressed in light green ankara,
Akinrinmola had been accused of
killing his rival on Sunday , February
19 , at Ajebo Village , Ijebu Igbo, Ogun
State .
Looking sober and pensive , with the
dane gun he used for the crime placed
before him, the suspect said Fausat
was actually his wife for nine years,
but she had no child for him before
they ‘separated’ recently and she went
into another liaison with Ademola.
He said on the fateful day, he met
them on the way to the farm and an
argument ensued between him and his
rival.
Akinrinmola said , “ It is true that an
argument ensued between two of us.
When we were arguing , he squeezed
my cloth at the neck region and I
managed to escape from him. He then
started chasing me with cutlass . He
was the one who pursued me to the
farm house with a machete, and I had
to reach for my dane gun and shot
him to defend myself.
“ I regret my action ; it was the devil
that pushed me to carry out that
action. I tried my best to make sure
Fausat bore me a child but it did not
work.”
Akinrinmola said he had a first wife
who is still in Oke Oka , Ondo State and
that she had five children with him. He
added that the incident happened in
his cocoa farm in Ijebu Igbo.
Among other suspects paraded were
five trans- border armed robbers from
Chad and Niger , who had allegedly
robbed a chief magistrate and a pastor
with the Redeemed Christian Church of
God, among others , in the state.
According to Iliyasu , the suspects,
Abdullahi Hassan , Memud Aruna ,
Ismaila Abba, Ahmed Yusuf and Abbas
Garba belonged to a syndicate which
specialised in burglary . He said they
were planning to carry out another
operation in Idi Aba area of Abeokuta
before they were nabbed on Saturday ,
January 28 , 2017 at their hideout.
He said the suspects disguised as
security guards at various homes but
assembled to rob at night .
He said the police recovered from
them three pump action guns, five live
cartridges, one cutter and two jack
knives .
Also, a member of another robbery
syndicate, Adebayo Femi, was
paraded. Iliyasu said the gang
specialised in car snatching at
Okunowa area in Ijebu.
When Adebayo was arrested on
Monday, January 23 , 2017 , a
Pathfinder sport utility vehicle , one
pump action gun and one locally - made
pistol were recovered from him.
Also paraded were seven members of a
syndicate who specialised in hijacking
goods on Sagamu –Ore Expressway.
They allegedly hijacked a truck , loaded
with 45 , 000 litres of diesel , coming
from Delta State at Ogbere area of
Ogun State .
The leader of the syndicate, Chibueze
Nnamdi, confessed to the crime but
said the driver of the truck was
working in concert with them .
One Emmanuel Asuquo was also
paraded for impersonating an official
of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission and the Nigerian
Breweries Plc.
Asuquo alleged that someone who
claimed to be an official of the
commission promised to get him a job
in the anti - graft agency . He said the
person collected N110 , 000 from him
and issued him the fake identity card.
Other suspects paraded were a set of
seven suspected armed robbers who
dispossessed market women of their
goods and money at Lafenwa ,
Abeokuta using machetes .
Giving the breakdown of the items
recovered in the first two months of
the year , Iliyasu said 25 different guns
and 32 rounds of ammunition had
been recovered .
