Arms depots found in Oyo

There have been reported cases of arms build-up by a political party in Oyo town, Oyo State, preparatory to the general elections.

Three illegal arms depots allegedly have been uncovered at Ladigbolu, Tobacco and Araromi in the ancient town.

Sources said six Trans City Transport Company (TCTC) buses arrived at one of the depots at Lane 2, Ladigbolu, about midnight, and offloaded arms and ammunition as well as fake police uniforms last weekend.

The following day, The Nation gathered that a blue helicopter emerged around 10:30 am, hovering above the building for about 10 minutes. It disappeared shortly after.

Sources said: “We were aware of the plan. We mobilised ourselves as neighbourhood watch at Ladigbolu. When the buses arrived, the hoodlums who accompanied them fired sporadically into the air. We would have confronted them, but we decided to take it easy.”

A similar incident was reported at the old Tobacco Company, and former office of a company where the large catche of ammunition was allegedly stored.

The office, owned by a prominent contractor to the state government, is being used as a campaign office for a governorship candidate.

Men of the State Security Service (SSS) were said to have been alerted on the development.

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