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"I only stole A Generator and Two Crates Of Beer" - Suspected Looter

Thompson Nsisongabasi

Oct 30, 2020

Taoreed Hamzat, a suspected arsonist, who was said to be part of those who burnt down burnt down the Iseyin Police station, has denied the allegation.

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According to him, he only carted away two crates of trophy beers and a small generating set during the vandalization of the police station.

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Hoodlums who hijacked the protest that started on October 8, went on a looting spree on Wednesday.

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They destroyed private and public infrastructures. The hoodlums set several police stations ablaze across the country. One of which was the Iseyin police station in Oyo state.

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While speaking while he was being paraded with other suspected criminals , Taoreed also known as Shorlex, said

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ÔÇØI joined the other protesters who are mostly my area boys, I saw them looting the station and I also joined and I was fortunate to have carried only two creates of trophy lager beer, and I didn't even take them to my house. I dropped them right in front of the station and it was shared within us we drank them and shattered the bottles.

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I met this small generating set at the entrance of the station, the youths are about to burn it alongside with the Police station, so I carried it to my house, though, I later returned it to the mosque the following day, when our King ordered us to return all the looted items in our possessions back to either Mosque or Palace.

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I did not steal this wall clock from the police station, I picked it at entrance of the mosque after have dropped the generator so its not part of the items I looted from the station. Taoreed said

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The state commissioner of police, CP. Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, confirmed that at least six policemen were gruesomely murdered during the aftermath of the end SARS protests. He also noted that the police cannot ascertain the numbers of the Police officers lost to the sad incident. CP Nwachukwu said some of the hoodlums went as far as going to the houses of those officers purposely to kill them.

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— Thompson Nsisongabasi

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