Gift Barry-ObaOperatives of the Ogun state police command have arrested two out of a four-man gang of one-chance robbery in Sango Ota.
This was contained in a statement made available to OgunWatch by the command’s spokesperson, Omotola Odutola on Friday.
The suspect Aliu Oyetola, aged 35, and 40-year-old Seyi Afolabi were arrested following a report by a victim on March 23, 2024, after losing over N320,000 to the robbers.
The statement partly reads
“ The victim boarded a Toyota Corolla taxi at Ijako market, going to Itori, with four men who surreptitiously posed as a fellow passenger in the said taxi.
“ While on the way, the said men robbed the victim of her valuables, by forcefully dispossessing her of her smart phone valued at Eighty five thousand naira (#85,000), money realized from POS machine sale ,worth one hundred and twenty three thousand naira (#123,000), and a separate cash sum of one hundred and five thousand naira (#105,000) and subsequently pushed her out of the car and fled.
“ Acting on the report, the DPO Sango Ota Division gave his surveillance team a matching order to be on a look out, and unravel the perpetrators of the crime.
“ Policemen from Sango Division intensified their efforts , and other two fleeing suspects were apprehended on the 28th March, 2024 when a team of surveillance policemen were on a routine patrol around the same route in Itori, having gotten details of their Toyota Corolla operational car, on sighting the policemen, the suspects abandoned their vehicle and ran into different directions, the crack police operatives gave them a hot chase and they succeeded in arresting the duo of Aliu Oyetola ‘m’, aged 35yrs and Seyi Afolabi ‘m’ age 40yrs.
“ A Toyota Corolla vehicle with Reg.No GGE 659 FR, blue colour was recovered.
“ The two suspects arrested have made confessional statements and are cooperating with the police by giving useful information that will lead to the arrest of other fleeing felons.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alamutu however, has ordered that the suspects be transferred to the Anti robbery department of the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation and for diligent prosecution.
