The Police Command in Oyo State says it has recovered additional weapons at Diamond Hotel, a hideout allegedly being used by the wanted former Chairman of Oyo Park Management Disciplinary Committee, Mukaila Lamidi, aka Auxiliary.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Adewale Osifeso, disclosed this in a media briefing at the command’s headquarters, Eleyele, in Ibadan on Friday.
Mr Osifeso said the weapons were recovered upon execution of a search warrant on Wednesday at the hotel owned by Auxiliary, who had since been declared wanted by the police.
Weapons recovered, according to the spokesperson, include 70 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, 400 cutlassses, 400 pieces of live cartridges, 13 pieces of 9-MM ammunition and one pump action rifle.
Other weapons include nine locally made pistols, nine jack knives, three axes, three swords among others.
According to Mr Osifeso, further investigation into the matter is ongoing.
Recall that the police had on Tuesday raided the same hotel, arresting 78 members of the Park Management System (PMS) loyal to Auxilliary.
During the raid, 724 cartridges, guns and other weapons were found in their possession.
Meanwhile, the command has arrested a 39-year-old suspect, who had been on the watchlist of the command, for sales and distribution of drugs.
Mr Osifeso said that the man was sighted and arrested during the raid, and had on him 336 wraps of Indian hemp, 450 wraps of skunk and plastic bags containing Colorado.
According to the spokesperson, the suspect had voluntarily confessed to the crime, identified his distribution network and clients in Lagos, Oyo, Osun and Ogun.
The spokesman said the suspect would be handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) upon completion of investigation.
The Oyo State Police Command has declared the sacked Chairman of Park Management System (PMS), Mukaila Lamidi aka Auxiliary, wanted.
Speaking at the press briefing on June 2, the spokesperson said:
“The general public particularly good citizens of the state are hereby notified that LAMIDI MUKAILA AKA AUXILIARY ‘M’ whose Photograph appears above is wanted by the Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State command in connection with cases of; attempted murder, causing grievous harm, arms dealing, murder, armed robbery within the state and kidnapping at Oke-Ogun and Ibarapa axis of the State. Lamidi Mukaila is an indigene of the state. He was born on January 9, 1962 (61yrs) and dark in complexion.”
This comes two days after the police raided Auxiliary’s Ibadan residence and in the process recovered weapons and ammunition. During the operation, Auxillary escaped while the police arrested some of his boys found in his apartment.
