The trio who were arrested, charged to court and subsequently detained were released on Tuesday by an Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court.
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YOV made the call on Friday in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Olori Omoladun Orolugbagbe.
The call was made by members of the Europe chapter of the OPU, through its Coordinator, Chief Victor Mobolaji Adewale, who is also the Akingbayi Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, in a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Sunday.
The recent call came barely two weeks after the Aare Onakakanfo had charged the IGP and the police service commission to look into the security situation in the state, including the various criminal activities of Fulani herdsmen that had taken over Ibarapa and its environs.
Coordinator of OPC in Oyo State, Chief Rotimi Olumo, made the call in Ibadan on Wednesday.
The spokesman for the police in the state, CSP Olugbenga Fadeyi, said on Saturday, March 20, 2021, that the request was as a result of an interview published on page 3 of The Punch newspaper on Monday March 15, 2021, in which Omirinde alleged that complainants were often detained, and N50,000 demanded from them as bail before their release.
The Oodua People’s Congress said this in a statement on Tuesday following Fani-Kayode’s claim that the Fulani warlord arrested in Oyo State, Iskilu Wakili, by the OPC on Sunday was not the real target.
According to information available to The Eagle Online, the detained OPC members were granted administrative bail by the police
While there are media reports that the men have been transferred to Abuja, some sources in the OPC said they do not know the whereabouts of the detained operatives.
Makinde, who stated this on Monday in Ibadan, appealed to residents of the state to remain calm and to refrain from ethnic profiling.
According to the Founder of the Oodua People’s Congress, the four men were hacked to death at about 2am on Monday (today) by the men who had over time kidnapped, killed and collected more than N800 million in ransom from their victims
The spokesman of the Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday, adding that the Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, had swung into action in respect of the case
A member of the OPC that effected the arrest, Chief Adedeji Oluwole, drove Wakili from the point he was arrested to the handover point to the Department of State Services
The Governor who said he is aware of the goings-on in the region assures that his administration is doing everything within its powers to ensure there is no miscarriage of justice.
Kehinde Aderemi, Special Assistant on Media to Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams Adams, confirmed this to The PUNCH on Sunday.