Police arrest four suspects, rescue herders in Oyo cattle rustling

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested 4 suspects successful transportation with a cattle-rustling incidental successful Ado-Awaye, Iseyin Local Government Area of the state, pursuing a swift effect to a distress telephone from residents.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Olayinka Ayanlade, confirmed the improvement successful a connection issued connected Monday successful Ibadan, noting that the cognition led to the betterment of stolen cattle and the rescue of 2 herders who were tied up by the suspects.

According to the statement, the incidental occurred successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday, March 13, 2026, astatine astir 2 am, erstwhile 1 Muhammad Ibrahim of the Igbojaye country reported to the constabulary that equipped men had invaded a cattle campy belonging to 1 Yahaya astatine Iserin country via Ado-Awaye and made distant with respective cows.

Ayanlade said the Divisional Police Officer successful Ado-Awaye instantly mobilised a associated squad of constabulary operatives and section vigilantes to the scene, starring to the interception of the suspects portion attempting to flight with the animals.

“On accomplishment astatine the scene, it was discovered that the suspects had already loaded 2 cows into a achromatic Mazda autobus with registration fig KMA 178 ZY and were successful the process of loading 3 different cows erstwhile the constabulary patrol squad closed...