Five robbery suspects have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command in connection with the recent robbery attacks and killings in some parts of the state, particularly at the Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade.
Nigeriacrime.com also gathered that the command also recovered two Lexus cars stolen during the recent robbery attacks.
According to the State’s Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, who spoke on the security situation across the State, operatives of the command in Remo North Division had received a distress call on 2 December 2023, about 3 am, that some armed robbers were at rampage within their community.
The Divisional Police Officer led his men to respond to the distress call and met a group of armed robbers.
He added that there was an exchange of gunfire between the police and the armed men. In their bid to escape, they shot at four students who were walking along the road and made away with a Lexus car they had earlier snatched at gunpoint from another student.
One of the victims of gunshots reportedly died on his way to the hospital while the three others were treated and discharged.
The Police later tracked the stolen Lexus car to the Oke Itoku area of Abeokuta, the state capital where it was recovered. Another Lexus car, discovered to have been snatched in the Ajuwon area of the state by the same gang, was also recovered.
The Police said some members of the gang were later arrested through intelligence gathering while a member of another gang that robbed people of their phones at gunpoint was also nabbed.
“He had escaped into the bush upon the arrival of policemen at the scene but was later fished out with the help of the locals. As we speak, about eight police patrol teams now operate within the area,” Alamutu added.