Man arrested for trying to kill woman with gun in mosque

Etim Effiong

Police operatives attached to Denton Division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Omotayo Olaiya, ‘m’ for threatening to kill a woman with a gun.

The woman, Mrs Olatunji Shakirat Mayo, was said to have lodged a complaint at the division on May 3, 2021, informing the police that Olaiya was determined to kill her with a gun inside the Ansarudeen Mosque, located at No. 72-74, Bola Street, Ebute-Metta, Lagos State.

It was gathered that a surveillance team, on the strength of the complaint, detailed to track down the suspect and he was eventually arrested. A Brownie Pistol and one Motorola walkie-talkie were recovered from the suspect.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said upon interrogation, the suspect confessed that he bought the pistol from one Taiwo, ‘m’, residing at the Ikorodun area of Lagos State in November 2020 N80,000,

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

Adejobi added that the operatives attached to Festac Division of the Command, rescued an abandoned baby girl of about six months old, on Tuesday May 4, 2021 at 24B, Plot 3006, Rafiu Babatunde Tinubu Street, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos State.

He said: “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.”

According to him, 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.