Nationnewslead reports that The residents of Igangan town in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State have called on the Oyo State Police Command to immediately release the men of the Oodua Peoples Congress detained for arresting notorious Fulani warlord Iskilu Wakili in the Ayete area of Ibarapaland.
This was contained in a statement made available to our correspondent on Sunday by the President, Igangan Development Advocates, Oladokun Oladiran.
NNL had reported that the OPC led by Adedeji Oluwole, the Abuja state coordinator, arrested Wakili and three of his men on Sunday morning.
Before his arrest, farmers and residents of Ayete and neighbouring villages including Igangan lived in perpetual fear of Wakili who they accused of displacing them from their farms.
It was also gathered that Wakili, who is said to be the leader of the herdsmen in Ayete worked with dozens of herders who are his disciples. Together with his battalion, they allegedly seized hectares of farmlands at Ayete, raped the women in the rustic town, and kidnapped their rich men for ransom.
The OPC leader said it took over four days of continued operations and surveillance to nab Wakili and three other men.
He said Wakili was arrested and handed over to the police but expressed shock that at least three of his men were detained by the police for arresting Wakili.
Reacting, the indigenes of Igangan described the arrest of the OPC operatives as an “assault on the sensibilities of all men and women of good will, not only across Yorubaland but anywhere in the world”.
They said, “In carrying out this operation with such rare discipline, the OPC has not only inspired hope among the long suffering residents of the beleaguered community, it has also laid down a high standard for cooperation between citizens and police and security forces in the collect effort to tackle the menace of gang violence terrorism across Yorubaland.”
The residents, therefore, called for the immediate release of arrested OPC operatives.
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