Three members of a robbery syndicate who invaded the phone market popularly known as Tarmac on the April 12, 2023, have been arrested by operatives of the Police command in Ogun State.
According to a statement by the spokesman of the command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, during the operation, they killed one of the traders after carting away several highly valued phones.
The suspects – Ajayi Kayode, Habeeb Idowu and Temitayo Oresanya – were arrested, following an information received by policemen attached to Kemta divisional headquarters that the suspects had been hibernating at Abule Ake area of Kemta for quite some time now in order to evade Police arrest.
Upon the information, Oyeyemi stated, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Kemta division, CSP Adeniyi Adekunle, mobilised his men and moved to the scene where the three suspects were apprehended.
Two amongst the suspects have confessed their participation in the robbery incident, while the third one Temitayo Oresanya though affirmed to be a member of the same cult group with them claimed that he didn’t participated in the robbery.
He stated further that Ajayi Kayode and Habeeb Idowu came to his house at Abule Ake to hide from the police after their robbery escapade.
It would be recalled that the daredevil robbers invaded Tarmac on the April 12 at about 5 p.m., shooting sporadically and carted away several phones after they shot dead one of the traders identified as Dayo Bankole.
One of the robbers by name Sakiru Adeniji was arrested at the scene, while others escaped.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Olanrewaju Yomi Oladimeji, who commended members of the public for their cooperation by giving useful information to the police, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation.
He also directed that the remaining members of the gang must be hunted for and brought to justice.
