Three brothers, one other arrested in Ijebu Ode for robbery

By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three brothers and one other person for carrying out series of robbery operations in Ijebu-Ode area of the state. 

The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in a press statement on Monday. 

The suspects, Ahmed Jagbojagbo, Idris Jagbojagbo, Tobi Jagbojagbo and Tosin Ogundeko were arrested following a distress call received at Igbeba Divisional Headquarters that armed robbers had invaded the shop of a premier lotto agent at Odi Olowo area of Ijebu Ode and robbed the agent of N90,000, he said.

The robbers, he added, also snatched a Bajaj motorcycle belonging to one Clement Conleth.

“Upon the distress call, the DPO Igbeba Division, CSP Musiliu Doga quickly led his patrol team to the scene, gave the robbers a hot chase and succeeded in arresting one of them by name Tosin Ogundeko from whom the Bajaj motorcycle was recovered. 

“The arrested Tosin Ogundeko subsequently led detectives to their hideout in Epe, Lagos State where the remaining three were apprehended, while one of them simply identified as Tosin a.k.a socket escaped. 

“On interrogation, the suspects confessed being responsible for various motorcycle snatching operations in Ijebu-Ode and its environs. They confessed further that they are all based in Epe but chose Ijebu-Ode as their area of operation. 

“Recovered from them are one cut to size locally made gun and one Bajaj motorcycle.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the state Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation. He also directed a massive manhunt for the fleeing member of the gang,” the statement said.