The police in Ogun State have arrested an armed robbery suspect, Waheed Ijiyemi, who was on his way to carry out a robbery operation.
He was arrested on Tuesday.
According to the spokesman of Ogun Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect was arrested while the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Onipanu division, CSP Bamidele Job, was on routine patrol with his men.
He said the team sighted the suspect on an unregistered Bajaj motorcycle and immediately the suspect sighted the policemen, he abandoned the motorcycle and took to his heels.
He was hotly chased and arrested.
The small bag with him was searched and a cut to size locally made pistol with ten live cartridges was recovered there in.
On interrogation, the suspect confessed being an armed robber, and that he was on his way to carry out operation before he was apprehended.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the robbery suspect to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.
