Police detain three of my men for arresting Fulani warlord, Iskilu Wakili –OPC leader


Published March 7, 2021

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Kayode Oyero

The Oodua Peoples Congress, on Sunday, said the men of Nigeria Police Force in the Oyo State detained three OPC operatives for arresting notorious Fulani warlord Iskilu Wakili, who has been accused of sundry crimes in the Ayete area of Ibarapaland in the state.

The PUNCH had reported that farmers and residents of Ayete lived in perpetual fear of Wakili who was accused of displacing them from their farms.


It was also gathered that Wakili, who is said to be the leader of the herdsmen in Ayete worked with dozens of herders who are his disciples. Together with his battalion, they allegedly seized hectares of farmlands at Ayete, raped the women in the rustic town, and kidnapped their rich men for ransom.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH on Sunday, Adedeji Oluwole, the OPC sector coordinator who led his operatives and other vigilante groups to arrest Wakili, said the suspect was nabbed on Sunday morning.

Oluwole, the Federal Capital Territory OPC coordinator, who is also an indigene of Igboora, said he relocated four months ago to Ayete to bring Wakili to book after security agencies failed to arrest him.

The OPC leader said it took over four days of continued operations and surveillance to nab Wakili and three of his accomplices.

According to Oluwole, more than 10 OPC operatives went on the mission. He said Wakili’s men shot fiercely at the OPC operatives before they were eventually nabbed.

He, however, expressed shock that the police detained three of his men after they handed over Wakili.

“We took Wakili and the three others from Igangan to Igboora and handed them over to the DPO at Igboora. The name of the DPO is Ajayi Mark. As I am talking to you, they have taken them to Iyaganku at the State CID in Ibadan with three of my boys,” Oluwole told The PUNCH on Sunday afternoon.

Continuing, he said, “When we took Wakili to the police this morning, the police said we should take Wakili to the hospital first which we refused because we are not in a position to do that. We told the police that they have been complaining all these days that they wanted to arrest Wakili and now we have brought Wakili to their doorstep, they should take over.

“Nobody touched Wakili, nobody hurt him, there are no traces of any hurt on him. He is an old man and we had promised the whole world that we won’t hurt them but we would arrest them for the whole world to see who is Wakili because all these while, he has been a faceless person, nobody knows him. We didn’t beat him or harm him. When we nabbed him, we put him inside a vehicle and handed him over to the police.

“The DPO then said he got a signal from the CP (Commissioner of Police) in Iyaganku. They have taken three of my men to Iyaganku now.”

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Olugbenga Fadeyi, did not respond to calls put to his line. A text message sent to his phone was also not replied to as of the time of filing this report.

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Interesting times

IT IS FINISHED

The police is your friend. That's the biggest lie of the season.

The police should release those OPC operatives now, Nigerians won't take it easy on this case

AHIBOILANDGAS WHATS YOUR TAKE ON THIS MATTER

just look at this opc guys
what is all this
yoruba and their goody goody
you took him to police station
are you okay?

No be there fault na

If the report is true ,then we can only laugh at the stupidity of YORUBA .
Igbos are telling from roof tops for the past 6 years ,that police and army are openly supporting the northern agenda .Instead of hearing and analyzing what igbos are telling ,these people started sophistication.

Before you people castigate igbos ,iam ekong ,who is active from past 11 years on nairaland.

OBALOLA55:
AHIBOILANDGAS WHATS YOUR TAKE ON THIS MATTER

the thing tire me ...if if the true wakili then Nigeria police is compromised

Yorubas useless too know is too much and it is destroying them, the whole of their lands have been taken away from them, from lagos to ibadan to osun, to ekiti, to ondo etc. what stops the OPC from exterminatinating the killer and raper of their people?, are they expecting to be given trophy for the arrest of a fulani man that is supported and armed by federal government of Nigeria led by a well known biased president?

OBALOLA55:
AHIBOILANDGAS WHATS YOUR TAKE ON THIS MATTER

what ur on take on this?https://www.nairaland.com/6448432/four-herdsmen-shot-dead-anambra

Where is the coward Igboho?

ahiboilandgas:
what ur on take on this?https://www.nairaland.com/6448432/four-herdsmen-shot-dead-anambra

WE HAVE SAID IT REPEATEDLY THAT ANY FULANI HERDSMEN FOUND IN THE EASTERN FORESTS NA BUSH MEAT BE HIM NAME, NOW TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT ALHAJI ISKILU WAKILI THAT WAS CAPTURED LIKE CIKIN TODAY

You see why they did not kill him now?

They know that they will change the narrative just llike some Fulani terrorists are doing on Nairaland now.

The fact is Iskilu Wakili is an old man using fulani juju and younger terrorists to do his bid.

Dnt come nd give us iroyin eleje o

Bush meat catching hunter..

It serves OPC right. Yes, I said it. Why did you take him to police station, didn't know that they will arrest you.

Should have show him a silent treatment.
Punch me, I punch you that's only language they understand.

A country that supports lawlessness.

I knew this will happen, when Obama capture Osama Bin Laden na immediate execution. there is always a next time sha.

Pochettino:
Where is the coward Igboho?

You want all the Fulani sarkins to pick race again?

I pity the Nigeria police. Some policemen want wakili dead but order from above is the problem of this country. Don't forget that the president is a member of Miyetti Allah

Obamaofusa:



You want all the Fulani sarkins to pick race again?

The only person to pick race was Igboho.
Wakili was waiting for him in his home state while he ran to Ogun state to fight shadows.

Coward.

EKONGKING:
If the report is true ,then we can only laugh at the stupidity of YORUBA .
Igbos are telling from roof tops for the past 6 years ,that police and army are openly supporting the northern agenda .Instead of hearing and analyzing what igbos are telling ,these people started sophistication.

Before you people castigate igbos ,iam ekong ,who is active from past 11 years on nairaland.

Igbo Ekong don't worry,the OPC are very much aware of this just like all Nigerians.
Just stay akimbo and watch film.

adadike:
I pity the Nigeria police. Some policemen want wakili dead but order from above is the problem of this country. Don't forget that the president is a member of Miyetti Allah

You're wrong.

Buhari is not a member of Miyetti Allah. He is the Grand Patron and Founding Father.

Get your facts right!

Pochettino:


The only person to pick race was Igboho.
Wakili was waiting for him in his home state while he ran to Ogun state to fight shadows.

Coward.

lol

Wakili that has been caught like a chicken is an old senile coward hiding in the bush while the sarkins fled when they heard that Igboho was coming.
Fulani terrorist coward.v

Since we lost chief Gani fawehimi and chief Bola Ige I knew we don't have leader again.

Obamaofusa:



lol

Wakili that has been caught like a chicken is an old senile coward hiding in the bush while the sarkins fled when they heard that Igboho was coming.
Fulani terrorist coward.v

The question is not whether Wakili has been caught or not.

The question is; was it Igboho that caught him & why was Igboho avoiding him??

this kind news dey reduce my appetite for food, abeg

HOVER206:
The police should release those OPC operatives now, Nigerians won't take it easy on this case

Which nigerians? Bear your cross ol'boy. Taking him to a police station simply confirms what we all think of you guys. ........................Fill the blank.