The Oyo State Police Command has arraigned the former Chairman of the Oyo State Park Management System Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary, over alleged offences.
This comes after his arrest by the Department of State Services on Tuesday at his Olodo residence in Ibadan.
During a press briefing at the Eleyele Police Headquarters in Eleyele Ibadan, on Thursday, Commissioner of Police, Adebola Hamzat, announced that Alhaji Lamidi will face charges in court for the alleged offences.
The commissioner said, “Exhibits recovered in his possession at his Diamond Hotel residence around Alakia-Isebo Egbeda under Egbeda Local Government Area at the time include one AK-47 Riffle, four (4) AK-47 magazines, Eighty four (84) live AK-47 Ammunitions, Nineteen (19) pump action riffles, one Barreta Pistol, Seven Cut-to-size Gun, one English made Barrel Gun.
“Others are Seven Hundred and twenty four (724) live cartridges, 25 cutlasses, Seven Jack knives, thirty three(33) mobile phones, one Samsung Laptop, Charms, One Mazda Bus, One Toyota Sienna, Cash sum of Three Million, Four Hundred and fifty thousand naira, (N3,450,000.00).”
In furtherance of these, discreet intelligence-led search commenced for the sacked PMS chieftain with the help of technology, collaborative efforts with Sister Services and Community Policing, many locations were identified, traced and combed for months until his recent arrest in a concerted effort with our sister services.
“Moving forward, the suspect would be charged to court for offences committed.
“While the command is thanking the public for providing credible information to curb crime, it has become imperative to affirm to the general public about our resolve to deal decisively with any criminally motivated individual or group who intends to flip the State retrogressively into the historical dark ages of the “Wild West”.
“if you see something, say something and the Police will immediately do something,” he said.
It would be recalled that the police had declared Auxiliary wanted months ago over his alleged involvement in series of armed robbery, kidnapping and murder cases in Oyo State.
