Police Arrests Armed Robbers A Month After Robbery Incident

Four members of a robbery syndicate that has recently been terrorizing Sango ota and its surroundings have been detained by Ogun state police command agents.

The suspects, Sherrif Kamoru, 28, Rabiu Seyidu, 37, Opeyemi Adebayo, 26, and Ajibola Fakolade, 21, were apprehended as a result of a report made by one Adeleye Sunday on March 20, 2023, at the Sango divisional headquarters.

He claimed that at around 5:30 am in the Joju district of Sango ota, he was ambushed by some armed criminals.

He stated further that the hoodlums dispossessed him of his two phones after inflicting machete cut on his neck.

Having taken away his phones, the hoodlums siphoned the sum of six hundred thousand naira from his account through the Bank’s app on the phone. Upon the report, the DPO Sango Ota division, CSP Saleh Dahiru detailed his 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 amongst them were apprehended. Items recovered from them include one cutlass, one techno POP 2f belonging to the victim and a nose mask used by one of them during the operation.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the state Commissioner of Police, CP Olanrewaju Yomi Oladimeji has directed that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.