OGUN STATE POLICE ARRESTS TWO ARMED ROBBERS ON THEIR WAY FOR AN OPERATION IN IJEBU ODE
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two armed robbers on their way to an operation on the Awa-Ijebu/Ijebu-Ode Expressway.
Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Spokesperson in Ogun State, made this known in a statement on August 30th, 2020.
The suspects are identified as Odukoya Ayomide, 32, and Abiodun Oyenuga, 32.
Oyeyemi said they were apprehended on the expressway last week by a team led by the Divisional Police Officer, Awa-Ijebu, CSP Adewalehinmi Joseph, during a routine patrol of the area.
The spokesperson said the suspects, who were on a motorcycle, quickly jumped down on sighting the policemen and took to their heels.
He said they were hotly pursued and Odukoya Ayomide was apprehended with a locally-made cut-to-size double-barrelled gun, while Adewalehionmi escaped through the nearby bush.
Oyeyemi said the arrested suspect informed the police on interrogation that he was invited by his fleeing partner from Ijebu-Ode for a robbery operation.
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According to the Police Spokesperson, Ayomide Odukoya said that they were just going to carry out the operation when they were accosted by the police.
Oyeyemi said the useful information obtained from the arrested suspect led the police to Sagamu, where Oyenuga.
He said the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad for discreet investigation.
The Spokesperson said the Commissioner of Police warned those who are criminally minded to leave the State as the command will make it too hot for them under his watch.
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