the Kwara State capital, says it has uncovered a new strategy used by
cultists and other hoodlums to poison their victims and dispossess
them of their valuables.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ajayi Okesanmi, said
the cultists and other evil minded people put tramadol inside a
Lacasera drink or other soft drinks and make their victims to drink it
thinking they were drinking safe soft drink.
Okesanmi explained that the victims, after drinking the poisoned
drink, would fall asleep while the bandits would dispossess the
victims of his or her valuables.
He warned the public to be cautious of such evil schemes and avoid
taking gifts from unknown people, especially during traveling.
The PPRO spoke in Ilorin while parading three suspects for alleged
involvement in the recent cult clashes inthe state capital and for
allegedly conspiring to poison a lady and dispose her of her money.
Okesanmi added that the police on Monday arrested two suspects,
Adeniyi Sijibomi (18) and Tosin David for allegedly trying to poison a
lady, Bidemi Adewole, of the Sapati Ile area of Ilorin.
He said the suspects were members of a cult group.
According to him, the suspects, who are also from the Sapati Ile area,
had poisoned a bottle of Lacasera drink with tramadol and attempted to
force the victim to drink it, explaining that Adewole miraculously
escaped.
The PPRO said Adewole later complained to the police that the suspects
had allegedly conspired to kill her using a poison-laden Lacasera
drink.
The police spokesman alleged that Sijibomi and John Onucho (25) were
involved in the cult clashes in Ilorin in which two people were
confirmed dead by the police.
He stated that the suspects were all members of Eiye confraternity,
adding that two locally manufactured pistols, two live cartridges and
one expended cartridge were recovered from the suspects.
Okesanmi said, "On Tuesday, in a bid to arrest the perpetrators of the
last cult clashes in Ilorin, which led to the killing of two young
men, the command, in addition to suspects earlier arrested and
charged, had also picked up the two suspects, who confessed to being
part of the latest cult activities recorded last week with the arms
used in the dastardly act."
But the suspects denied the police allegations against them.
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress, Kwara State chapter, has
condemned the cult clashes in the state capital.
The party, in a statement by its state's Publicity Secretary, Alhaji
Sulyman Buhari, described the cult clashes as unfortunate, condemnable
and unacceptable to the peace-loving people of Kwara State.
—PUNCH
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