My home coming is to repent, not to cause trouble - Ariyo

Alleged mastermind of last year's clash in
Agbarere and Idi-Ape Communities of Ilorin,
Olatunji Ibrahim popularly known as Ariyo,
yesterday opened up on his detention at the
custody of Kwara Police Command.
Ariyo, who was arrested recently was on Tuesday,

paraded alongside alleged killer-lover, David
Ogundele and some suspected cultists. They are
Lukman Oladimeji, known as Zanda and Akeem
Olayinka also known as Student. The State
Commissioner of Police, Sam Okaula at the press
briefing held at the Police Headquarters, Ilorin,
said: "The command in its determination to fish out
the culprit set up intelligence based unit which
promptly arrested the said David Ogundele at Oba
Ile town in Osun state".
The CP also said David has confessed to the crime
allegedly committed. According to CP, seven
suspected cultists were also arrested by the
operatives of SARS while on intelligence patrol at
Oke-Onigbin and Oko axis. The Commissioner
added that the suspects would be arraigned at the
court as soon as the police completed their
investigation. Speaking with National Pilot, Ariyo
said: "I did not fight with Agberere people
intentionally. It was because one of my boys was
'dropped down' by the NDLEA men during the
exchange of gun fire in a conflict.
"The officer came to our camp that he wanted to
smoke weed, and one of my boys discovered that
he was an undercover officer, disguised to be weed
smoker. My boys tried to fight him and he ran out.
He was given hot chase by my boys but he was
lucky to be rescued by his colleagues. "That was
how the trouble began. I lost one of my boys to
those officers during a cross-fire. I was hinted that
one of their officers lived at Agberere and we went
to destroy his house too.
"When I heard that police was looking for me I ran
to Lagos after the incident. I stayed at Isale Eko
along Oja Oba area. That was where I stayed for
some months but I'm tired of running. "That is why
I came back to Ilorin. My home coming is not to
cause trouble but to repent and seek for
forgiveness. "I was squatting with one of my street
younger brothers who is student at Kwara Poly at
Eleko Yangan. That was how I got arrested while
sleeping."
"I wanted to seek for forgiveness to go back to my
former business as a meat seller. "I was selling
India hemp before but I left the business in 2013. I
began to sell meat at Mandate Market." On his
part, David claimed to have been under spell when
he killed his lover.