Ejigbo Market Torture: Police Arrest Attackers At Oba Murufu Ojoola’s Palace

Police officials have arrested 9 suspects in connection
with a violent torture case that happened at Ejigbo
market in Lagos State Nigeria in February 2013.
The arrest was made at Oba Murufu Ojoola's palace
in Lagos state Nigeria over the weekend.
One of the tortured women was reported dead after
the incident.
The market has also been shut and the traders were
asked to vacate on Saturday pending the conclusion
of investigation of the crime.
According to police report, the traditional ruler of
Ejigbo, Oba Ojoola had been under pressure to
produce those involved in the crime after the
barbaric incident was made public late last year
following the uploading of the incident on the
internet. The ordeal of the women sparked
widespread outrage, with women's groups calling for
probe of the perpetrators of the incident.
The suspects arrested by the police are Tijani
Adeshina, Aseez Adeosun, Ganiyu Raji, Fapounda
Jimoh, Adekunle Adenuga, Saheed Adisu, Isiaka
Waheed, Tawa Shittu and Toyin Tajudeen.
According to the police, the suspects have been
detained at Ejigbo Police Division and would be
facing murder charge because it was alleged that one
of the victims died as a result of the torture.
The police source also said that the suspects would
be transferred to SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos for further
investigation.
PM Lagos learnt that the arrest was carried out by the
new Ejigbo DPO, Aliko Dankoli, who led the raid that
lasted several hours following an order of the Lagos
State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko to arrest
the perpetrators of the act.
Meanwhile, when our correspondent visited the
closed market, some traders were seen entering the
market through the back gate. They were later seen
leaving the market with their goods.
Some of the traders who spoke to P.M.NEWS said
they had to leave the market with their goods
because they do not know when the market would be
open because of the seriousness of the matter.
They also confirmed that the market leaders have
stopped coming to the market as they were afraid of
being arrested by the police.
Oba Morufu Ojoola had earlier been reported to have
gone into hiding following attempts by the police to
arrest him in connection with the torture of the two
women.
The victims, a mother and her step-daughter, were
stripped, tortured and pepper was poured into their
private parts for allegedly stealing pepper in the
market early last year.
The state Commissioner of Police ordered the arrest
of the perpetrators and invited Oba Ojoola to his
office for explanation about the incident which
occurred in his domain.
According to sources, the Oba, however, failed to
report at the commissioner's office at Ikeja, Lagos.
The state House of Assembly is also probing the
dastardly act.
[Source: PM Lagos]

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