The police have arrested two notorious motorcycle snatchers said to have been responsible for several cases of motorcycle theft at Mowe/Ofada area of Ogun State.
The suspects are 35 years old Feranmi Ajimosun and 33 years old Samuel Awotile.
According to the police spokesman in Ogun State, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi, they were arrested following a complaint by one Akinola Adenekan who reported at Mowe Police Division that he picked two suspects on his Bajaj motorcycle with Reg. No SGM 408 BN as passengers from Mowe going to Ofada.
He said that on getting to Ofada road, one of them suddenly turned his neck violently from behind while the second one brought out a cutlass and cut him on the forehead.
He told the police that while he was struggling with them, some passersby met them at the scene and the hoodlums took to their heels.
Upon the report, the DPO of Mowe Division, Marvis Jayeola, quickly detailed his detectives to unravel those behind the dastardly act.
The detectives embarked on an intelligence based investigation which eventually led them to Ijere Worogudu Village where one of the suspects was apprehended.
His arrest led to the arrest of the second suspect at Ogunrun phase II Abule Afa in Mowe.
On interrogation, they confessed being the brain behind cases of motorcycle theft in Mowe/Ofada and its environs.
Recovered from them are one cutlass, two phones, assorted charms and another Bajaj motorcycle which they confessed to have snatched from another of their victims.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to Special Anti-robbery Squad, SARS, for discreet investigation.
