No fewer than six men have been arrested by personnel of the Osun State Police Command for alleged armed robbery.
NIGERIACRIME gathered that the police recovered one Mercedes C-Class, one cut-to-size pistol, one live cartridge and one knife from the suspects on Thursday in Osogbo.
Confirming the arrest, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Yemisi Opalola, disclosed that four suspects were nabbed by men of the command on June 15, 2023, after a complaint at the Gbongan Police Division, while the other two were apprehended in Lagos State.
The police spokesperson identified the suspects as 24-year-old Ibrahim Yusuf, 25-year-old Lawal Abubakar, 35-year-old Umar Abubakar, and 20-year-old Sule Muhammed.
The others are 31-year-old Salisu Ismail, and 27-year-old Habeeb Saudi, who reportedly acted as receivers of stolen items from the gang.
According to Opalola, who addressed journalists on the gains by the Command, “On 15th June 2023 at about 0630hrs, the complainant reported at Gbongan Division that, at about 0100hrs of same date he picked four (4) passengers from Opic park, Ogun State heading to Abuja with an unregistered Mercedez Benz car.
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“But on getting to a point around Ikire jurisdiction, the said passengers forced him to stop and started shooting to scare him; while struggling with them, he was stabbed with a knife at his left hand, pushed out of the vehicle, and suspects went away with the said 4matic Benz car.
“He further stressed that; he could identify the suspects if seen.
“Immediately Police received the report, a team of policemen on stop-and-search along Ibadan/Ile-Ife expressway, Gbongan, was alerted, but when the suspects sighted the policemen, they abandoned the said car and took to their heels and escaped to the bush.
“Police did not rest on its oars; combed the bush where two of the suspects were arrested.
“Efforts put in place by Anti-Kidnapping Squad yielded more results whereby four other suspects were arrested at Lagos State.”
Opalola also revealed that the investigation was still ongoing.