NSCDC decries level of illicit drug circulation in Ekiti, parades four suspected criminals

<p>Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Ekiti State Command Ado Ekiti has paraded four suspects in connection with various crimes.</p>, <p>The suspects were arrested following discreet intelligence and investigation on the activities of some groups of people who are in the habit of stealing car batteries in the state capital and other big cities in the state.</p>, <p>The State Command has been inundated with complaints from car owners in the state concerning the sudden disappearance of car batteries in the state especially, cars that are parked along the road, faulty cars and automated vehicles.</p>, <p>The Counter Terrorism Unit of the State Command worked on intelligence received along the Atikakan and Irona axis of the Ado Ekiti in which one Tobi Sunday 22 years, residing at Akin Akeju Street was arrested while attempting to steal a car battery around 4am with other suspects at large after seeing the operatives of the unit.</p>, <p>Items recovered from him include four different ATM cards believed to have been stolen from cars forcefully opened by the suspects in an attempt to steal their batteries. Tobi who is a native of Ado Ekiti confessed to having been in the business for a long time and has operated in different areas of the state capital.</p>, <p>Olaiya Pelumi, 20 years old, a native of Ilasa Ekiti who resides in Ado Ekiti was also arrested along Ikere /Ado by the Counter Terrorism Unit on issues bordering on fraud and conspiracy.</p>, <p>Tobi who is a fuel attendant disappeared with over 24 million naira belonging to his employer in Aisegba Ekiti and ran away without any trace.</p>, <p>Luck ran out on him after a series of tracking and manhunt for him as he was trying to flee the state capital having noticed that CTU had located his hideout in Ikere Ekiti.</p>, <p>Another suspect paraded was Junior Michael, 24 years, from Ebonyi State. The suspect was arrested along Ereguru Street in Ado Ekiti with substances suspected to be cannabis sativa, ice, cocaine, Colorado and other illicit drugs.</p>, <p>T