Residents Seek Help As ‘Boode Itaapa’ Gang Allegedly Terrorise Community
RESIDENTS of Ita-Apa in Atakumosa East Local Government Area of Osun State have cried out over the continuous insecurity in the town.
In a petition sent to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone II, Osogbo, the residents alleged that some hoodlums who are disciples of a notorious cultist, Bode Omokayode, have been tormenting the community.
The petition, which was filed through the petitioner’s counsel, Nathaniel Oginni of Equity Chamber, alleged that since Omokayode’s arrest, some hoodlums have been causing problems in the community.
OSUN DEFENDER reports that Omokayode, popularly known as ‘Bode Itaapa’, was arrested by operatives of the police anti-cultism unit in Ilesa, Osun State, last year April.
He was later transferred to the Force Headquarters, Abuja where he was subsequently arraigned in court.
In the petition dated May 06, 2025, the petitioners stated that the hoodlums had vowed that there would be no peace in the community until Omokayode is released.
The petitioners urged the police to come to the aid of the community by routing those threatening the lives and property of the people in the town.
The petition reads in part, “Sir, we have drawn particular attention to the facts that the reprisal attacks are a flow back from our earlier Police action, which rightly led to the detention of the ring leader of this reported hoodlums.
“Bode Ita-Apa is still in police custody in Abuja, and apparently, his disciples have made a vow not to allow peace reign in Ita-Apa for long as their leader is in custody.
“Until there is a holistic routing out of all the elements of threat to life and property in our client’s community, the people in that community will remain endangered by functionaries of the cartel that had held themselves out to terrorize the community and made life very difficult for them.
“Sir, we humble (sic) request that the situation in that community requires a serious and comprehensive security approach to get out all elements that may have constituted themselves as a threat to life and property in the community.”
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