Reports going rounds social media has revealed how police stations have refuse to admit suspected thieves caught with locally made Guns and other stolen valuables in Ibadan,the Capital of Oyo State.
An eye witness Account who goes by the name Ademola Monsuru Adegoke narrated the following situations as what transpired after two Thieves were caught and taken to police station for further investigations and we’re rejected for flimsy excuse by the police operatives at mokola station and Iyaganku Respectively.
He said, “We caught two thieves on Saturday at about 2 pm at St. Steven, Inalende, Ibadan North-West Local Government. When we caught them, we searched and found locally-made pistols and stolen items on their persons. They confessed that the stolen items were from people robbed at various locations like Iwo-Road, Inalende, among other places.”
Some of the stolen items found with them include wristwatches, mobile phones, and other gadgets.
According to the coordinator, immediately they were apprehended and interrogated, the operatives drove them down to Mokola Police Station. At Mokola, the policemen refused to admit the thieves into their holding cell citing the absence of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) as the reason for their action. Instead, they referred the corps members to the Iyaganku Police Station.
The story was not any different at Iyangaku. The Ibadan North Coordinator continues, “When we got to Iyaganku, we were told that no superior officer was on duty as they had all travelled and so could not admit any criminal. We asked the policemen on duty what to do with the thieves apprehended, and they said, “maybe you should release them.”
