1st May, 2023
Four members of robbery syndicate terrorising Sango-Ota and its environs identified as Sherrif Kamoru, 28; Rabiu Seyidu, 37; Opeyemi Adebayo, 26, and Ajibola Fakolade, 21 have been arrested by the police in Ogun.
The suspects were arrested on March 20, following a report lodged at Sango-Ota Divisional Headquarters by one Adeleye Sunday, according to a statement by Ogun Police Spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in Ota, on Sunday.
Sunday had reported that he was attacked by some armed hoodlums at about 5.30 a.m. at Joju area of Sango-Ota.
The hoodlums also allegedly dispossessed Sunday of two phones after attacking him with machete, injuring him on the neck.
He added that having taken away his phones, the hoodlums siphoned the sum of N600,000 from his account through the bank’s app on the phone.
“Upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer (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,” he said.
Oyeyemi said items recovered from suspects included one cutlass, one techno POP 2f belonging to the victim and a nose mask used by one of them during the operation.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, has directed that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for investigation and prosecution.
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