Iskilu Wakili: Drama as Police detain OPC members who arrested Fulani warlord

The Nigeria Police Force in Oyo State have allegedly detained members of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, for arresting notorious Fulani warlord, Iskilu Wakili.

IDOMA VOICE reports that Wakili, who was being accused of crimes such as killing, maiming, raping women, kidnapping the wealthy for ransom etc. in the Ayete area of Ibarapaland in the state was nabbed by the local security outfit 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.

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.

“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.”