Again, police recover 10 guns, other weapons at Auxiliary’s hideout

The operatives of the Oyo State Police Command have recovered additional weapons at Diamond Hotel, a hideout allegedly being used by the wanted former Chairman of the State Park Management Disciplinary Committee, Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Adewale Osifeso, disclosed this at a press briefing at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Friday, June 2.

Osifeso said the weapons were recovered upon execution of a search warrant on Wednesday at the hotel owned by Auxiliary, who had since been declared wanted by the police.

Weapons recovered, according to the spokesperson, included 70 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, 400 cutlasses, 400 pieces of live cartridges, 13 pieces of 9-MM ammunition, and one pump action rifle.

Others were nine locally made pistols, nine jack knives, three axes, and three swords among others.

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Osifeso added that further investigation into the matter was ongoing.

It would be recalled that the police, on Tuesday, May 30, raided the same hotel, arresting 78 members of the park management committee loyal to Auxiliary.

During the raid, 724 cartridges, guns, and other weapons were found in their possession.

Meanwhile, the police operatives have arrested a 39-year-old suspect, who had been on the watchlist of the command, for sales and distribution of drugs.

Osifeso said the man was sighted and arrested during the raid and had on him 336 wraps of Indian hemp, 450 wraps of skunk, and plastic bags containing Colorado.

The police spokesperson stated that the suspect had confessed to the crime and identified his distribution network and clients in Lagos, Oyo, Osun, and Ogun states.

He added that the suspect would be handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) upon the conclusion of an investigation.

The Star