Man Arrested For Pointing Gun To Shoot Woman Inside Mosque

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

Police Operatives attached to Denton Division have arrested one Omotayo Olaiya for allegedly threatening to kill one Mrs Olarunji Shakirat Mayo by pointing gun on her inside Mosque over undisclosed diaagreement in Lagos.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that Olaiya was arrested and the gun he took to the Mosque was recovered as exhibit and he was said to have made confessional statement to the Police.

This was disclosed by the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi.

He said that the Lagos State Police Command, on 3rd May, 2021, at about 11am, received a complaint from Mrs Olatunji Shakirat Mayo, f, that one Omotayo Olaiya, m, threatened to kill her with a gun inside the Ansarudeen Mosque, located at No. 72-74, Bola Street, Ebute-Metta, Lagos.

On the strength of the complaint, a Surveillance Team was detailed to track down the suspect and he was eventually arrested. A Brownie Pistol and one Motorola walkie-talkie were recovered from the suspect. 

Adejobi said that upon interrogation, the suspect confessed that he bought the pistol from one Taiwo, m, residing at Ikorodun Area of Lagos State in November, 2020, at the rate of Eighty Thousand Naira (N80,000). 

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered that the case be transferred to the Command’s Special Squad, Ikeja, for proper investigation and arrest of other culprits in connection with the case of unlawful possession of firearms and threat to life of the complainant.

In another development, the Police Operatives attached to FESTAC Division of the Command, rescued an abandoned baby girl, of about 6month old, on Tuesday 4th May, 2021, at 24B, Plot 3006, Rafiu Babatunde Tinubu Street, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos State.

The Police in conjuction with the Social Workers from Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State have taken care of the rescued baby and she has been taken to the Juvenile and Women Centre (JWC), Alakara, for further action. 

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has condemned the cruel and inhuman act of abandoning babies, on the road or in the bush, that, such heinous act is criminal and will not be tolerated in the state.