
Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) says it has arrested four suspected criminals and recovered two locally made pistols,live cartridges and hard drugs from them at a location in Ifelodun local government area of the State.
In a statement by the spokesman of the command, Babawale Afolabi said the suspects arrested include Olanrewaju Adesoye a.k.a Konfu, Isaac Abraham, a.k.a Akube, Tope Fadeyi, and Abdulateef Wasiu, while two other members of the gang are still at large.
According to him officers of the Corps in Omu Aran, who were acting on a tip off bursted hideouts of some criminal elements that have been terrorizing the area in recent time.
He said in their confessional statements, one of the suspects, Olanrewaju Adesoye, who claimed to be a cobbler, admitted that the two guns and other items recoverd from them belong to one Sadiq Ariyo, who is still at large.
Afolabi maintained that all the suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are completed.