Four Masquerades Arrested For Attempting To Assassinate Estate Guru, Baba Alado

Police operatives from the Isheri Oshun Division, Lagos State Command, have arrested 4 armed masquerades, who allegedly invaded the house of a well-liked socialite and an property guru, Alhaji Taoreed Farounbi, popularly recognized Baba Alado, to assassinate him earlier than he was rescued in Lagos State.

P.M.EXPRESS experiences that the incident occurred on tenth September, 2021, at his palatial house in Isheri Oshun space of Lagos.

4 of the masquerades had been arrested and when the Police eliminated the masks, it was found that the suspects had been linked to a rival group preventing Alado, particularly Taofeek Jimoh, 42, Hassan Rafiu, 21, Lanre Adeogun, 29 and Sulaimon Musibau, 27.

They had been alleged to have disguised as masquerades and mobilized over 500 different masquerades, who had been stated to be from a cult group, often called Ajeran, to Baba Alado house with arms and different harmful weapons.

They had been stated to have invaded the place with cutlasses and had been searching for Alado. When they didn’t discover him, they attacked and stabbed two of his aides, Abiodun Oyepiju and Jammu Opukutu, who are actually mendacity critically ailing at an undisclosed hospital.

The Police at Isheri Oshun Division raced to the scene and after they couldn’t repel the gang, the DPO mobilized officers from Space M Command, Idimu and State Command and repelled them.

The 4 suspects, after interrogation, have been charged earlier than the Ejigbo Magistrates Courtroom for conspiracy and assault on the victims.

They pleaded not responsible.

The prosecutor, Inspector Benedict Aigbokhan, requested the Courtroom to provide a date for trial to allow the Police to show that they really dedicated the alleged offence.

The Presiding Justice of the Peace, Mr. E.O. Ogunkanmi, granted them bail within the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.

They had been remanded in custody pending when they are going to good their bail situations whereas the matter was adjourned until twenty eighth October, 2021, for point out.