A suspected POS robber has been arrested for robbery and murder in Ogun state, the State Police Command said in a published statement on Tuesday.
In the statement released on the official social media handle of the Ogun State Police Command on Tuesday 12th December 2022, by the Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, identified the suspected POS robber as 28-year-old Moses Ayomide.
According to SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspected POS robber Moses Ayomide, was on Sunday 11th of December 2022, arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command for armed robbery and killing one Qudus Popoola.
The suspect POS robber was arrested following a distress call received by policemen at Agbado divisional headquarters, that armed robbers were operating at Fadahunsi Ijoko area of Agbado, in Ifo local government area of Ogun state.
Upon the distress call, the DPO Agbado division, SP Awoniyi Adekunle, quickly led his men to the scene where it was discovered that while the armed robbers were escaping after robbing one Bashirat Anibire, a POS operator of her bag containing the cash sum of #400,000 and her itel phone, the robbers shot and killed one 25-year-old Qudus Popoola, and also injured one Faleye Oluwaseun.
The robbers were hotly chased, and with the help of youths in the area, one of them Moses Ayomide was apprehended, while others escaped. The injured victim was rushed to the hospital for medical attention, while the corpse of the deceased was released to the family on request that they need to bury him in accordance with their religious belief.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the robbers who are three in number came on a motorcycle without light at about 7: p.m and attacked Basirat Anibire who was just closing from her POS chop.
The victim manage to escape from the scene, but while running away with her 7yrs old son, the robbers got hold of the son which made the woman to run back in other to safe her son. It was in the process that the robbers were able to snatch her bag and the phone.
The shout for help from the woman attracted the youth of the area who started pursuing the robbers while a distress call was also made to the police.
It was in their bid to escape from the scene that the deceased and one other were shot by the robbers.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of police, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to state criminal investigation department for discreet investigation.
The CP also sent a condolence message to the family of the deceased and assured them that the Command will do everything possible to apprehend the escaped members of the gang.