The Police Headquarters in Abuja, yesterday paraded 32 suspects for alleged robbery, kidnapping, illegal possession and sale of arms and ammunitions among other various crimes.
Also paraded were the seven-man gang who robbed three commercial banks in Ondo and Ekiti states between 2019 and 2020.
Parading the suspects , Force Public Relations Officer(FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, said the seven – man robbery gang led by Tunbosun Ojo, had on February 7, carried out an attack on a commercial bank in Ile-oluji, Ondo State and carted away millions of Naira and killed four policemen in the process.
Mba further stated that the same gang which also has Ismaila Ojo 25, Victor Oyeyemi Dele Ariyo, 44, Shola Oladimeji, Olubodun Folayemi, 44 and Adeniyi John, attacked another Microfinance bank at Idanre, Ondo State in December, 2019 and a commercial bank at Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State and killed two policemen in the process.
He said the suspects who have been on the trail of the police were arrested at various parts of south west states while some of them are still on the run.
Mba, also said that 23 other suspects were arrested by the STF operatives for their involvement in various crimes ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping, illegal possession of prohibited firearms, car snatching at gun point, amongst other offences.
Anaedoonline.com reported that The Lagos Police Command on last week Wednesday announced the arrest of about 400 crime suspects, among whom were 97 armed robbers, kidnappers, rapists and murderers.
The arrests were made in one month, commissioner of police Hakeem Odumosu said yesterday while parading the suspects.
Twenty-eight persons were arrested for domestic violence and nine suspects whose alleged specialty was defrauding people with fake US dollars.
The suspected fraudsters, according to the police, were arrested with their so-called black boxes and operational vehicles, just as six stolen vehicles, 19 assorted firearms with a cache of ammunition, cutlasses, axes, and other dangerous weapons, including fetish objects were recovered from various suspects.
Mr. Odumosu gave the statistics at the command headquarters in Ikeja while parading some of the suspects arrested within the period.
Post Disclaimer
The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the author and forum participants on this website do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of Anaedo Online or official policies of the Anaedo Online.