Police parade suspect still sleeping 24 hours after arrest

About 24 hours after he was arrested for alleged armed robbery and attempted kidnapping, the police in Ondo state is yet to know the identity of a middle aged man who has been sleeping due to effect of tramadol he took. During the parade of the suspect and other criminal suspects at the Ondo state […]

About 24 hours after he was arrested for alleged armed robbery and attempted kidnapping, the police in Ondo state is yet to know the identity of a middle aged man who has been sleeping due to effect of tramadol he took.

During the parade of the suspect and other criminal suspects at the Ondo state police command headquarters in Akure on Monday, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Femi Joseph said the suspect and  two others now at large  had entered a pharmacy shop to carry out an operation when he was arrested.

Joseph further said that the owner of the pharmacy on sighting  the gang with arms, escaped through the back exit door.

According to him, the gang later came out of the shop at gun point and collected one Boxer Bajaj motorcycle from one Daodu Wale who arrived the chemist to buy drugs, the other two escaped with the bike while the suspect, who was yet to be identified attempted to use the boxer motorcycle they came with to escape from the scene.

He was said to have   stumbled and fell and was overpowered by passersby and sympathizers.

One locally made barrel was recovered from him and a 400 MG tablet of tramadol was recovered from his pocket.  

Joseph said they were still waiting for the suspect to return from sleep and recover himself so that he can identify himself and help them in their investigation.

Also, a man said to be parading himself as a lawyer was also paraded.

The police alleged that the suspect who was identified as Mapayi Taye aided the escape of two robbery suspects from police detention recently.

The suspect according to the police spokesman have accused the police of extra judicial killing of one of the robbery suspect whom the police claimed was killed  during another robbery operation after his escape from SARS  detention.