An armed robbery suspect, Adeolu Bankole, of Idagba quarter, Ayetoro, Ogun State, has been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police command.
The suspect, who had been donning the uniform of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, to carry out robbery operations was apprehended on February 5, 2021.
His arrest followed a complaint lodged by some students of Olabisi Onabanjo University, O.O.U., Ayetoro campus, at Ayetoro area command that they were robbed of their belongings at gun point by a man in NSCDC uniform.
He was said to have broken into their apartment and dispossessed them of their phones and laptop.
Upon the report, the Area Commander of Ayetoro, ACP Anthony Haruna, detailed his detectives to go after the hoodlum.
After hours of painstaking investigation, the detectives received information about the hideout of the suspect.
On getting there, a bag containing six phones, one laptop, a pair of NSCDC uniform and a locally made pistol was found.
Upon the discovery, the detectives mounted surveillance in the area and at about 5pm, the suspect sneaked into the uncompleted building which is the hideout and moved straight to where the bag was kept.
He was quickly rounded up and brought to the station. Two other stolen phones and a wrist watch was also found on him.
The complainants were sent for, and they all identified him as the person who robbed them.
Investigation further revealed that the suspect stole the pair of NSCDC uniform from a parked Toyota Camry belonging to an officer of the corp on December 2020 and thereafter set the car ablaze.
The officer has also identified the uniform as his own.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Edward A. Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.
