Ejigbo market torture: Police name 3 wanted suspects

Police have named the three suspects earlier declared wanted in connection with the torture of three women at a market at Ejigbo in Lagos.
In a statement issued in Abuja Friday by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Frank Mba, the police gave the suspects’ names as Ranti Akande, Akeem Shitu and Tiri.
“Ranti Akande, a.k.a. Otempa, who is between 45 and 50 years and dark in complexion, uses the appellations `Comrade’ or `Alhaji’ or `Chief Ranti Lukeman Akande’.
“He is tall with a big frame and has no tribal marks. The suspect has a white set of teeth with an artificial gold tooth,” Mba said in the statement.
He added that Akande was a panel-beater before he started parading himself as the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Co-ordinator.
The statement also said the suspect speaks Yoruba and English languages fluently, while he often attends parties.
It further said Shitu, 42, is dark in complexion, slim, tall and has tribal marks.
“He speaks Yoruba language fluently and also speaks understandable English language and is believed to be a member of the OPC at Ejigbo,” the statement quoted Mba to have said.
Tiri, 37, according to the statement, is dark in complexion and not too tall, and has no tribal marks. NAN