Rasidi Oko-ilu Got Arrested

Operatives of the Osun State Police Command have arrested a suspected cultist, Rasheed Hammed, popularly known as Rasidi Oko’lu.

Oko’lu was arrested around 4am on Sunday in his hideout at a hotel in Osogbo, Osun state capital.

A source informed ALIVE MEDIA BLOG yesterday that the Ede-born suspected thug was arrested by combined team of the anti-cultism unit of the Osun police command and members of Oodua  Peoples Congress (OPC).

Oko’lu was declared wanted in March by the police after allegedly causing the death of a Higher National Diploma graduate of Banking and Finance of Federal Polytechnic, Ede, awaiting his call-up letter, as well as, a commercial motorcyclist during a fight in Ede.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the arrest in a text message to a journalist in Osogbo.

Opalola said: “Yes. We arrested him last night.”

Also, speaking on the development, the Osun State Coordinator of OPC, Prince Deji Aladesawe confirmed the arrest. The arrest of Oko’lu elicited jubilation across the nooks and crannies of Ede.

Meanwhile, an Ede pressure group, Makuarogun Alliance has warned against alleged plans to release Oko’lu, hours after he was arrested during a gun duel with the police.

The group also expressed shock at the silence of the police and the state government after the arson attack on the family of the House Minority Leader, Hon Babajide Kofoworola, accusing the state governor, Gboyega Oyetola of harbouring Tunde Elemo who led the arson attack within the Government House.

In a statement issued yesterday at Ede and signed by its Coordinator, Ayinla Ajala, the group frowned at the reported plans to release Oko’Ilu, alleging that the Governor has been mounting pressure on police authorities on the matter.