Four notorious armed robbery suspects specialise in snatching motorcycle from owners at gun point, have been arrested and paraded by the operatives of the Ogun state Police Command.
According to the statement released by authorities of the Ogun State Police Command on Wednesday 26th October 2022, the four notorious armed robbery suspects were arrested in the early hours of Monday 24th of October 2022.
The identities of the four notorious armed robbery suspects, were given as:
20 years old Muhammad Adamu,
22 years old Okacha Alidu,
28 years old Yusuf Mohammed and
20 years old Muniru Sunmaila
The Ogun State Police Command stated that the suspects were arrested following a distress call received at Ajuwon police divisional headquarters at about 3 a.m, that the suspects were operating and had attacked one Sunday Doile at Onibudo area of Akute and snatched his Bajaj motorcycle on gun point.
“Upon the distress call, the DPO Ajuwon division, SP Andrew Akinseye, quickly mobilized his patrol team and moved to the scene. On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums who are about six in number took to their in different directions, while one of them escaped with the snatched motorcycle.
Others were hotly chased, and four amongst them
were apprehended. On interrogation, they confessed been the syndicate responsible for various cases of motorcycle snatching in Ajuwon and its environs.
They confessed further that their mode of operation is to use a motorcycle belonging to one of them to cross the one they want to snatch, and they will shoot thier gun to the victim and ordered him to surrender his motorcycle.
According to them, any of thier victims who struggle with them will be hit on the head with an iron rod, and the motorcycle will be taken away while the owner is unconscious. They claiemd to have killed one of their victims in the process. Recovered from them are; two locally made pistols, one iron rod, one cutlass, one live cartridge, three expended cartridges and assorted criminal charms,”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the state criminal investigation department for discreet investigation. He also directed that the escaped members of the gang must hunted for wherever he might be.