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Published 6 May 2021
A man, Omotayo Olaiya, has been arrested for allegedly threatening to use a gun to kill a woman, Mayo Olatunji, while she was worshipping in a mosque in the Ebute-Meta area of Lagos State.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Wednesday that after receiving a complaint from Olatunji, policemen tracked down Olaiya, adding that a pistol was recovered from him.
He said, “Police operatives attached to the Denton Division of the Lagos State Police Command, on May 3, 2021, around 11am, received a complaint from Mrs Shakirat Mayo Olatunji that one Omotayo Olaiya threatened to kill her with a gun inside the Ansarudeen Mosque, located at No. 72-74 Bola Street, Ebute-Meta, Lagos.
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The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested one Omotayo Olaiya who threatened to kill a woman with a gun at Ebute-Metta area of Lagos.
CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the command’s spokesman, in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said that the suspect was arrested on May 3, following a complaint by one Mrs Olatunji Shakirat Mayo.
“The police operatives attached to Denton Division of the Lagos State Police Command, on May 3 at about 11am received a complaint from Mrs Olatunji Shakirat Mayo that one Omotayo Olaiya threatened to kill her with a gun inside the Ansarudeen Mosque, located at No 72-74, Bola St., Ebute-Metta Lagos.