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Five suspected members of robbery gang arrested during operation

David Adenekan
David Adenekan
Five suspected members of robbery gang arrested during operation
Suspected robbers

A five man robbery gang terrorising Iperu/Shagamu/Ode Remo area was on Saturday smashed by men of Ogun State Police command.

The suspects – Moruf Abidogun; Usman Adeyemi; Fisayo Aliu; Afees Adesina and Dauda Lekan – were arrested following a distress call received by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Iperu divisional headquarters, that the hoodlums were operating along Ogere Road, dispossessing innocent members of the public of their belongings.

Upon the distress call, the DPO, Iperu division, SP Waheed Oni, quickly moblised his men in conjunction with the area command’s anti robbery team, Shagamu anti-robbery team, Ogere patrol team, and moved to the scene.

On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums who had already snatched a Toyota Corolla car with registration number GGE 733 FL took to their heels but they were hotly chased by the policemen and five of them were apprehended.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the gang had their base in Lagos, but used to come to Iperu for operation because one of them is residing in the town.

Recovered from them are one locally made pistol and a Toyota Corolla car with registration number GGE 733FL.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.

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