Omotayo Olaiya has been arrested by the Police operatives attached to Denton Division of the Lagos State Police Command, having received complaint that Mrs. Olatunji Shakirat Mayo was being threatened with a gun in a mosque.
In a press statement
signed by Olumuyiwa
Adejobi, the Police public relations
officer, he said the complaint was made on the 3rd May, 2021 at about 11am that
Mrs. Olatunji Shakirat Mayo, that one Omotayo Olaiya, threatened to kill her
with a gun inside the Ansarudeen Mosque, located at no 72-74, Bola Street,
Ebute-Metta Lagos.
The statement
continued, “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.
“Upon
interrogation, the suspect confessed that he bought the pistol from one Taiwo,
residing at Ikorodu 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 6 month old, on Tuesday 4th May, 2021
at 24B, Plot 3006, Rafiu Babatunde Tinubu Street, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos State.
The Police in conjunction 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.
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