Police arrest robbery suspect while planning on community

By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 26 years old armed robbery suspect, Segun Azeez while planning a robbery operation with others now at large.

Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), made this known in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday.

According to him, the suspect was arrested following an information received by policemen at Sango Ota Divisional Headquarters that armed robbers were planning to attack Agoro community of Sango Ota.

“Upon the information, the DPO Sango Ota Division, SP Saleh Dahiru quickly moblised his patrol team and moved to the suspects hideout at Abanikole junction where the suspect was arrested while others escaped.

“Recovered from the arrested suspect are one locally made double barrel pistol and one live cartridge.

“On interrogation, the suspect confessed that he was planning with other members of his gang to attack some houses in Agoro community before police swooped on them and got him arrested.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for discreet investigation.

“He also directed that other members of the gang must be hunted for and brought to book,” the statement added.