After terrorising the citizens of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, two suspected robbers from Lagos were apprehended by Ogun State Police Command personnel.
The residents of Ijebu-Ode and its surroundings were reportedly terrorised recently by the robbery suspects.
This was revealed in a statement released on Wednesday by SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state police public relations officer.
The suspects, Muyiwa Adebola and Lukman Ogunmuyiwa, were detained on March 26, 2023, in response to a distress call that was received at the Igbeba Divisional Headquarters in Ijebu Ode, according to Oyeyemi.
He said, “Nemesis caught up with us when a six-man )gang broke into a new location in Imoru-Ijebu and held the locals hostage.”
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He said, “The robbers dispossessed residents of their belongings including laptops, 32 different phones and a GLK Mercedes Benz car with number plate KRD 570 HM at gunpoint.
“One Ayoola Taiwo was also shot and wounded in his right knee by the robbers.
“Upon the report, the DPO Igbeba Division, CSP Musiliu Doga, led his men to the scene but the robbers fled on sighting the policemen.
“They were chased and one of them, Muyiwa Adebola, was arrested at the Olisa area of Ijebu-Ode and one of the robbed phones was recovered from him.”
The PPRO added that it was the suspect that led operatives to the Mushin area of Lagos where the second suspect was arrested.
“On interrogation, Muyiwa Adebola informed the police that the gang members were based in Lagos State, and he subsequently led detectives to the Mushin area of Lagos where the second suspect, Lukman Ogunmuyiwa, who also confessed his participation in the robbery, was apprehended.
“So far, the following items – three HP laptops and three phones, belonging to the victims have been recovered from them,” he said.
The PPRO, however, said the suspects have been transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department on the order of the outgoing Commissioner of Police now Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Frank Mba, for further investigation.
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