Wakili Returns To Police Custody After Leaving Hospital

*Says I Don’t Know Anything About Kidnapping

Embattled herders, Iskilu Wakilin, has left the hospital for the
Oyo State Police Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan on Tuesday.

He was said to have been taken to the hospital on the directive
of the Commissioner of Police after he was apprehended and handed
over to the police.

Also, three of his men who were apprehended with him are said to
be undergoing interrogation by the police.

Wakilin was said to have regained consciousness, contrary to the
forlorn look he wore in a viral video when he was apprehended by
the OPC members.

Speaking with reporters1 through an interpreter, he recounted
people stormed his residence.

He said he had though the people who besieged his residence were
Amotekun operatives, adding that before he could make any move, he
was whisked by OPC members.

He denied committing any crime, saying, people who have evidence
or facts about any crime he had committed should make it
public.

Wakilin, who said he recently returned from Cotonou where he had
gone for medical treatment for two weeks did not disclose the
ailment.

He confirmed that the OPC men took him to Ayete Police station
where he was handed over to the police. He did not say he was
beaten or tortured by the OPC.

Wakili said he had also fallen victim of kidnapping, alleging
that two of his children were kidnapped and he paid ransom to
secure their release.

CP Onadeko said any resident with proven evidence of atrocities
against the suspects should come forward for proper
investigation.

She added that the detained members of OPC were in custody
undergoing interrogation.

On the seven Yoruba suspects arrested in the aftermath of the
Shasha crisis, the commissioner said they were nabbed by officers
of the Nigerians Army and only handed over to the police for
prosecution.

Onadeko confirmed that the suspects have been charged to court,
urged the residents to desist from ethnic profiling.

*Says I Don’t Know Anything About Kidnapping

Embattled herders, Iskilu Wakilin, has left the hospital for the
Oyo State Police Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan on Tuesday.

He was said to have been taken to the hospital on the directive
of the Commissioner of Police after he was apprehended and handed
over to the police.

Also, three of his men who were apprehended with him are said to
be undergoing interrogation by the police.

Wakilin was said to have regained consciousness, contrary to the
forlorn look he wore in a viral video when he was apprehended by
the OPC members.

Speaking with reporters1 through an interpreter, he recounted
people stormed his residence.

He said he had though the people who besieged his residence were
Amotekun operatives, adding that before he could make any move, he
was whisked by OPC members.

He denied committing any crime, saying, people who have evidence
or facts about any crime he had committed should make it
public.

Wakilin, who said he recently returned from Cotonou where he had
gone for medical treatment for two weeks did not disclose the
ailment.

He confirmed that the OPC men took him to Ayete Police station
where he was handed over to the police. He did not say he was
beaten or tortured by the OPC.

Wakili said he had also fallen victim of kidnapping, alleging
that two of his children were kidnapped and he paid ransom to
secure their release.

CP Onadeko said any resident with proven evidence of atrocities
against the suspects should come forward for proper
investigation.

She added that the detained members of OPC were in custody
undergoing interrogation.

On the seven Yoruba suspects arrested in the aftermath of the
Shasha crisis, the commissioner said they were nabbed by officers
of the Nigerians Army and only handed over to the police for
prosecution.

Onadeko confirmed that the suspects have been charged to court,
urged the residents to desist from ethnic profiling.