Police arrest 4 alleged armed robbers in Ogun

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Photo: The suspects.

Police arrest 4 alleged armed robbers in Ogun

The Police Command in Ogun on Monday said it arrested four members of a robbery syndicate who have been terrorising Sango-Ota and its environs.

The Command’s Spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in a statement issued in Ota, Ogun State on Monday.

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Oyeyemi identified the suspects as: Sherrif Kamoru, 28; Rabiu Seyidu, 37; Opeyemi Adebayo, 26, and Ajibola Fakolade, 21.

He explained that the alleged armed robbers were arrested on March 20, following a report lodged at Sango-Ota Divisional Police Headquarters by one Adeleye Sunday.

He said that the alleged victim reported that he was attacked by some armed hoodlums at about 5.30 a.m. at Joju area of Sango-Ota.

The PPRO stated further that the hoodlums allegedly dispossessed Sunday of two phones after attacking him with a machete, and injuring him on the neck.

He added that having taken away his phones, the hoodlums siphoned the sum of N600,000 from his account through the bank’s app on the phone.

He said, “Upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Sango-Ota Division, CSP Saleh Dahiru, detailed some 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 among them were apprehended,” he said.

Oyeyemi said that items recovered from them included one cutlass, one techno POP 2f belonging to the victim and a nose mask used by one of them during the operation.

Oyeyemi added that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, had directed that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for investigation and prosecution.

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