The Lagos State Police command has arrested six suspects in connection with storage of poisonous cow skins popularly known as ponmo at a warehouse in Lagos.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Bala Elkana who made this known in statement in Lagos on Saturday stated that on the 4th of May, 2019, at about 5.00am, acting on the strength of an information from a credible source that a truck load of cow skins, popularly called ‘ponmo’, suspected to be poisonous were heaped in a warehouse at No 9 College road, Igando; a team of Police officers led by the Divisional Police Officer Igando, mobilized to the scene.
He observed that the huge pillage and pyramid of poisonous ponmo as well as the chemicals used in the preservation of the cow skins were recovered adding that one TATA truck with Registration number AKD-375-XB which was used in conveying the goods was also impounded.
According to him,” Officials of Lagos State Ministry of Health were contacted and after due examination, the Cow skins were confirmed to be poisonous and not fit for human consumption”.
He gave the names of the suspects as Adelowo Yinka, 50 years of No. 1 Ifelodun Street, Agric road Egan who is the truck driver, Olawumi Onabanjo, 40 years of No.3 Olunshabiko Street, Itere Ogun state, Omowumi Wasiu, 43 years of new site Muwo Badagry, Adeshokan Taiwo, 43 years of no fixed address, Iyabo Oluwa, 38 years of Ifelodun Street Igegun Ikotun and Taye Kazeem, 40 years of No. 11 Disu Street, off Ijagemon Road, Ijegun Ikotun.
Elkana continued,” The Commissioner of Police Lagos State command, CP Zubairu Muazu mni assured Lagosians that the Police command is determined to continually protect life and property of the people as well as preservation of Public Health and Safety as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Investigation is ongoing to ascertain the source and destinations of those poisonous food items. Suspects will be charged to Court”.
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