Ex-convict arrested for robbery, rape of Kwara undergraduates

A notorious criminal, Ridwan Abdulfatai aged 20, has been arrested by the police from the Kwara State Command on yesterday, for allegedly robbing and raping of some female students of the Kwara State University, Malete, in the Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State.

Abdulfatai who had been in and out of prison, before his present arrest, confessed to his nefarious activities which led to the arrest of his gang members which include Ibrahim Akorede (25) and Aliyu Apalado (25), all from the Oke Fomo area, Ilorin.

In a press statement made available by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, he said the arrest followed complaints by some female students that they were robbed in their hostel at Malete in the midnight of Friday, October 7, 2022.

“In carrying out the directive of the CP after receiving another report of an armed robbery attack from three females, all 400-level students of the Kwara State University, Malete, that they were all robbed at their hostel called ‘Downtown’ by armed hoodlums and their property forcefully carted away.

“While approaching the suspected hideout of the gang, the team was sighted by the hoodlums and the armed robbers took to their heels. One Ridwan Abdulfatai, aged 20, from Oke Fomo, Ilorin, was arrested by the detectives.

“Consequently, the suspect, under intense interrogation, confessed he was the leader of a robbery gang terrorising the Malete community and its environs, stating also that he was a jail bird.

“He led investigators to effect the arrest of two other members of the gang, Ibrahim Ridwan Akorede, 25, of Oke Fomo area of Ilorin, and Aliyu Abubakar Apalado, 25; they all confessed to the crimes.

“The investigation also led to the recovery of the following items: one locally-made gun, one jackknife and charms, 11 generators, two motorcycles, one small fridge, one standing fan and one pumping machine.

“Nineteen iPhones, six handsets, three iPhone11, 16 iPhone 6 plus, five iPhone XR, and other telephone handsets, altogether totalling 87 handsets; 10 laptops and two television sets, were recovered.”

Okasanmi said the suspects will be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.

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