September 22, 2024
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Hoodlums invade Senator Teslim Folarin house, cart away empowerment equipment.

Hoodlums on Saturday afternoon invaded the Ring Road Residence of Senator Teslim Folarin and made away with some empowerment equipment meant for the constituents.

Already, seven suspects have been arrested in connection with the looting by officers of the Oyo State Security Outfit, code named Operation Burst.

Correspondent Kunle Ojo who was at the scene of the incident reports that some residents of the area alerted officers of the security outfit who swiftly more d to the scene.

It was gathered that most of the equipment had been looted before the arrival of the security men while seven of the them, identified by the residents were arrested at the scene.

Elder brother of the lawmaker, Yinka Folarin who spoke with Journalists confirmed the development adding that the materials were meant for 11 Local Government areas of the state.

He added that the empowerment programme was postponed due to the state of the nation and has been scheduled for November 6th before the unfortunate incident.

As at the time of this report, people were seen taking inventory of what had been carted away while all the suspects have been moved out of the scene of the incident.

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