By Ayodele Oni
Mr Olutokunbo Afolabi, who resumed on Tuesday as new Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, has announced that 19 suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of four persons in Monday’s cult clash in Owo.
The clash was triggered by two opposing cult groups in the town with one of them trying to revenge the previous attack on its members by the other group.
Among the deceased are a youth leader of APC, mother and her child hit by stray bullets.
Addressing newsmen in Akure, Mr Afolabi revealed that he paid on the spot assessment to Owo township to get first hand information on the crisis while full scale investigation has been launched to ascertain real cause of the mayhem.
He pointed out that normalcy has been restored to Owo as he vowed that the curfew imposed on the community by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa was complied with by residents.
The Police boss who was posted to Ondo State on December 24, 2024, promised that he would enhance professionalism, discipline and welfare packages for his officers
Afolabi who lamented influx of illegal firearms in circulation as demonstrated by killings in Owo, said he would deploy his men to arrest bearers and retrieve such weapons.
He warned that he would set up special team to monitor operations of policemen on roads in the state to chcekmate their excesses of alleged molestation of road users.
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