Four members of a robbery syndicate terrorising Sango Ota and its environs in Ogun State in recent time have been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command.
The suspects, according to the spokesman of the command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi are Sherrif Kamoru, 28; Rabiu Seyidu, 37; Opeyemi Adebayo, 26, and Ajibola Fakolade 21.
He said they were arrested following a report lodged at Sango divisional headquarters on the March 20, 2023 by one Adeleye Sunday.
The police spokesman said Sunday reported that he was attacked by some armed hoodlums at about 5:30 a.m. at Joju area of Sango Ota, adding that the hoodlums dispossessed him of his two phones after inflicting matchet cut on his neck.
Having taken away his phones, the hoodlums siphoned the sum of N600,000.00 from his account through the bank’s app on the phone.
Upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Sango Ota division, CSP Saleh Dahiru, detailed his detectives to technically trace the suspects and bring them to justice.
The detectives swung into action, and acting on credible intelligence, the hideout of the suspects was located and four amongst them were apprehended.
Recovered from them are one cutlass, one Techno POP 2f belonging to the victim and a nose mask used by one of them during the operation.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Olanrewaju Yomi Oladimeji, has directed that the suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.
