Four members of an armed robbery gang who hijacked a trailer load of Golden Penny flour, along Shagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway have been operated.
The suspects who hijacked the trailer on April 16, 2021, were arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command on May 5, 2021.
The suspects are 34 years old Eze Anthony Sopruchuckwu; 29 years old Eze Chijoke Edeh, 44 years old Olalekan Ayodele Muritala and 32 years old Samuel Johnson.
They were arrested following a report lodged at Ikenne divisional headquarters that a trailer, with registration number ANG 57 LG, loaded with 600 bags of Golden Penny flour and driven by one Ahmed Tiamiyu was hijacked along the expressway, while the driver and his motor boy were taken to the bush, where their hands were tied to their backs and their mouths cellotaped, before the truck and its content were taken away.
Upon the report, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, directed that the case be transferred to Special Enquiry Bureau at state headquarters Eleweran for discreet investigation.
The DSP Ade Akiti-led squad, swung into action and embarked on technical and intelligence based investigation.
Their efforts paid off, when one of the suspects was traced to Ikorodu in Lagos State and promptly arrested.
His arrest led to the arrest of three others, while 175 bags of Golden Penny flours were recovered from the warehouse of the gang leader, Eze Anthony.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, who commended the painstaking investigation done by the team, has ordered that the remaining members of the gang be hunted for and brought to book.
