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Three nabbed on way to robbery operation in Ogun
Oyeyemi noted that the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three suspected members of a robbery syndicate on their way to execute an operation.
The state police spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this on Friday in a statement.
Oyeyemi said the suspects; a 27-year-old Ibiyemi Wasiri a.k.a fellow, 20-year-old Alabi Ojugbele and 18-year-old Obe Lekan were arrested at Orita area of Ilaro.
He said, “The suspects were arrested during the joint routine patrol carried out by men of Ilaro area command and Ilaro divisional headquarters. The suspects, who were on a Bajaj motorcycle with a defaced number plate jumped down from the motorcycle when they sighted the policemen and ran to different directions. They were hotly chased by the policemen and were all arrested.
“A search was conducted on them and one locally made pistol, four live cartridges and assorted criminal charms were recovered from them.
“On interrogation, Wasiri informed the police that he was an ex -convict, and that he still has a pending case of unlawful possession of a firearm in a magistrates’ court. The suspects all confessed that they were going for a robbery operation before they were arrested by the policemen”
Oyeyemi noted that the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.
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