Suspected Armed Robbers Nabbed One Month After Operation
Mobolaji Michael
OPERATIVES of Ogun State Police Command have arrested four members of a robbery syndicate terrorising Sango-Ota and its environs in recent times.
The suspects, Sherrif Kamoru ’28’, Rabiu Seyidu ’37’, Opeyemi Adebayo ’26’ and Ajibola Fakolade ’21’ were arrested following a report lodged at Sango Divisional Headquarters on the 20th of March 2023 by one Adeleye Sunday, who reported that he was attacked by some armed hoodlums at about 5:30 am at the Joju area of Sango-Ota.
He stated further that the hoodlums dispossessed him of his two phones after inflicting a matchet cut on his neck.
Having taken away his phones, the hoodlums siphoned the sum of Six Hundred Thousand Naira from his account through the bank’s app on the phone.
Upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Sango-Ota Division, CSP Saleh Dahiru detailed his detectives to technically trace the suspects and bring them to justice.
The detectives swung into action and acting on credible intelligence, the hideout of the suspects was located and four amongst them were apprehended.
Recovered from them are; one cutlass, one Techno POP 2f belonging to the victim and a nose mask used by one of them during the operation.
Confirming the arrest, Ogun State Police Command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abimbola Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police, CP Olanrewaju Yomi Oladimeji has directed that the suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.
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