A five-man robbery gang terrorising Iperu/Shagamu/Ode Remo areas of Ogun State was smashed by men of the state police command.
The arrest is contained in a release, AZ:5310/OGS/PRO/VOL.7/86/14/03/2022, by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi.
The suspects, Moruf Abidogun, Usman Adeyemi, Fisayo Aliu, Afees Adesina and Dauda Lekan, were arrested following a distress call received by the DPO, Iperu Divisional Headquarters that the hoodlums were operating along Ogere Road, where they were dispossessing innocent members of the public of their belongings.
The release stated that, upon the distress call, the DPO, Iperu Division, SP Waheed Oni, mobilised his men, in conjunction with the area command’s anti-robbery team, Sagamu anti-robbery team and Ogere patrol team and moved to the scene.
“On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums, who have already snatched a Toyota Corolla car with registration number GGE 733 FL, took to their heels. But they were hotly chased by the policemen and the five of them were apprehended.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the gang has their base in Lagos, but used to come to Iperu for operation because one of them is residing in the town.
“Recovered from them are; one locally-made pistol and a Toyota Corolla car with registration number GGE 733FL,” it was stated in the release.
DSP Oyeyemi disclosed that the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspected robbery gang to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.
