The Nigeria Police Force on Monday said it arrested 21 suspects over the March 8 communal clash in Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Force Spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, Chief Superintendent of Police, made the disclosure in Abuja when he presented the suspects before newsmen.
The suspects inlcude Eluwole Akeem, Kuburat Eluwole, Ayoola Abimbola, Bello Wahab, Taiwo Fakuwajo, Ademola Ademiluyi, Peter Omisope, Adefisan Isaac, Adelekan Kehinde and Elufisan Akintoye.
Others were Omisanmi Isaac, Olanrewaju Daniel, Seyi Akinyobo, Adejube Monday, Olanrewaju Adebayo, Akanbi Adeyinka, Obimankinde Samuel, Zakariyu Abdulyekini, Bamidele Elusanmi, Jimoh Sakiru and Clement Kehinde.
He explained that 39 suspects were arrested after the crisis and 18 were released after diligent investigation for want of evidence against them.
He said the remaining 21 were found culpable for direct and indirect participation in the killing of innocent people.
He said the remaining 21 were found culpable for direct and indirect participation in the killing of innocent people.
The spokesman revealed that 46 persons were killed and 96 others were hospitalised in the crisis that engulfed the town.
He noted that the special intervention force deployed to Ile-Ife to quell the crisis did not engage in indiscriminate arrests as being reported in some media.
It is a shame that the police chose to do this to please the government of President Buhari and the northern elements; all the people arrested are from Ile-Ife the host town to this Hausa Invaders who chose to vandalise our peaceful town thus taking advantage of our peaceful and accommodating nature. We in Ife are not cowards and we would not fold our arms while the Hausa community in Ife goes on rampage destroying everything and killing our people, even displaying a severed head of our man on a stick pole, what an effontry and barbaric act. This may be the beginning of the end for a Nigeria Nation, we would not fold our arms while the power of the law is being abused in Nigeria. How many hausa/Fulani has been arrested for all the killing all over the country, they do most of the robberies on our highways with the AK 47 riffles supplied to them by the northern cabals and government. This is a sad story to hear that some people in Nigeria of today are sacred cows, while others are just rats. Shame on our law enforcement agency that was allerted about a volatile situation which they chose to ignore for 24 hours until it became a wild fire. If care is not taken, this is the beginning of the end, you cannot break our spirit.
It is a shame that the police chose to do this to please the government of President Buhari and the northern elements; all the people arrested are from Ile-Ife the host town to this Hausa Invaders who chose to vandalise our peaceful town thus taking advantage of our peaceful and accommodating nature. We in Ife are not cowards and we would not fold our arms while the Hausa community in Ife goes on rampage destroying everything and killing our people, even displaying a severed head of our man on a stick pole, what an effontry and barbaric act. This may be the beginning of the end for a Nigeria Nation, we would not fold our arms while the power of the law is being abused in Nigeria. How many hausa/Fulani has been arrested for all the killing all over the country, they do most of the robberies on our highways with the AK 47 riffles supplied to them by the northern cabals and government. This is a sad story to hear that some people in Nigeria of today are sacred cows, while others are just rats. Shame on our law enforcement agency that was allerted about a volatile situation which they chose to ignore for 24 hours until it became a wild fire. If care is not taken, this is the beginning of the end, you cannot break our spirit.
I observe that only Yorubas are the suspects displayed. Are there no Hausas among the suspects in communal clash that was started when an Hausa man assaulted the wife of Yorubas, where the Hausas killed a Yoruba vulganizer, beheaded him and and publically displayed his head? We are observing the neutrality of the Federal government on this case. If this country is for all of us, if justice is balance and for all, we are carefully and keenly watching.
I observe that only Yorubas are the suspects displayed. Are there no Hausas among the suspects in communal clash that was started when an Hausa man assaulted the wife of Yorubas, where the Hausas killed a Yoruba vulganizer, beheaded him and and publically displaying his head? We are observing the neutrality of the Federal government on this case. If this country is for all of us, if justice is balance and for all, we are carefully and keenly watching.
I observe that only Yorubas are the suspects displayed. Are there no Hausas among the suspects in communal clash that was started when an Hausa man assaulted the wife of Yorubas, where the Hausas killed a Yoruba vulganizer, beheaded him and and publically displaying his head? We are observing the neutrality of the Federal government on this case. If this country is for all of us, if justice is balance and for all, we are carefully and keenly watching.
I observe that only Yorubas are the suspects displayed. Are there no Hausas among the suspects in communal clash that was started when an Hausa man assaulted the wife of Yorubas, where the Hausas killed a Yoruba vulganizer, beheaded him and and publically displaying his head? We are observing the neutrality of the Federal government on this case. If this country is for all of us, if justice is balance and for all, we are carefully and keenly watching.