An 80-year-old man and three other people were paraded by the Oyo State Police Command on Friday for the armed robbery and murder of Assistant Superintendent of Police Ogunleye Daniel.
The gang of robbers who killed the ASP are said to have a spiritual healer in the 80-year-old man named Gabriel Adeniyi.
According to reports, he and three other people were paraded at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The Oluyole Local Government area of the state’s Ori-Agogo community was invaded by a group of suspected armed robbers, numbering five, at around 1 in the morning on April 29, 2023, according to the command’s spokeswoman, Adewale Osifeso. Several residents were robbed of their possessions.
He claimed that ASP Daniel was killed during the robbery.
Osifeso stated that three suspects including their spiritual healer, Gabriel Adeniyi, 80; Oyetumbi Ademola, 25 and Michael Adeniyi, 26 were arrested, while their gang leader named Fatai Fasasi, 30, popularly known as Ogun who allegedly shot and killed the deceased officer was neutralized at an encounter with Police operatives during their trail.
He disclosed that two Samsung phones belonging to their victims alongside; a 1999 Hyundai Elantra vehicle (Their getaway car) and a cut-to-size locally made barrel used by the assailants had been recovered.
In the same vein, Osifeso said during the process of voluntarily confessing to the crimes committed, they further revealed one Kafilat Tiamiyu, a.k.a Iya Alaye as a criminal receiver who receives jewelry (gold) proceeds from them.
He added that based on this, the said Kafilat Tiamiyu was tracked and arrested at Oranyan area of Ibadan.