The defendants are standing trial on eight counts of criminal conspiracy, possession of illicit drugs, belonging to gang of brigands and unlawful assembly.
Browsing: Crime
His arrest is in continuation of the fight against cross-border banditry.
Olakunle, who resides at Igbogbo area in Ikorodu, Lagos State, is facing two counts of obtaining under false pretences and stealing by conversion.
This is contained in a statement by the Osun Amotekun Corps Commander, retired Brigadier-General Bashir Adewinmbi, on Sunday in Osogbo.
Commissioner of Police, Ekiti command, Akinwale Adeniran, announced the arrest of the suspect on Saturday.
The spokesman of the Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, made the position known via a statement he issued on Sunday.
The operatives also recovered a cut-size double barrel gun, one tricycle without a reg number, and some hard drugs.
The consignment was loaded into the tanker in Ondo State and meant to be delivered in Abuja for further distribution.
Five members of the cartel were arrested in two weeks of intelligence-led operations in Lagos, Abia and Anambra States.
The spokesman of the Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a post he shared on his X handle.
This was the position of the three judges: Justice Olubunmi Oyewole, Justice Bukola Banjoko and Justice Okon Abang.
According to the award winning station, most of those killed were vigilante members who confronted the rampaging bandits.
Justice S. N. Odili of the Anambra State High Court sitting in Onitsha, Anambra State handed down the sentence.
The development was made known by the anti-graft agency in a statement released by its Media Unit on Friday.
The kidnapper, who is a neighbour of the boy, buried him after demanding a ransom of N600,000 from his parents.
According to the state police command, the suspects specialise in killing people and selling their body parts to ritualists.
The police command also recovered 10 AK-47 rifles, one submachine gun, 37 locally fabricated and other firearms.
Aondoakaa, who gave a background into the ongoing controversy surrounding the matter, spoke on Arise TV on Thursday.
The Court, presided over by Justice Joseph O.K. Oyewole, consequently granted the EFCC’s application to serve the processes in the appeal by substituted means on the former Governor.
The bench warrant was approved on Friday by Justice Inyang Ekwo in a motion exparte marked FHC/ABJ/CR/158/2023.