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The Kwara State Police Command has said a 44-year-old man was on Sunday arrested at the All Progressives Congress campaign rally in Ilorin, with two locally made guns and charms.
Police gave the name of the middle-aged man as Safi Abolaji aka Ojulari, who was allegedly caught at the APC rally at Ojuekun Sarumi area of Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State in the afternoon on Sunday.
The state Police Command in a statement signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, said that Abolaji of the Kankatu area, Ilorin was caught at the rally with two locally made short guns with cartridges and some charms.
He said that investigation conducted revealed that the suspect confessed to be a member of a cult group and an ex-convict who was recently released from prison.
Okasanmi said, “Acting swiftly on intelligence to the effect that, at the APC political rally on January 29, 2023, at about 1530 hrs, held at Ojuekun Sarumi area, Ilorin, one Safi Abolaji aka Ojulari “M,” age 44, of Kankatu area, Ilorin, was overpowered by public-spirited persons and policemen with two locally made short-guns with cartridges and some charms found in his possession.
