Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected armed robbers in Mowe area of the state who were alleged to had been coming from robbery operation which they carried out in Ogbomoso Oyo state.
DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Ogun State Public Relations Officer made this known in a statement.
She said the two men, 37 years old Wasiu Opeyemi an indigene of Ijebu ode and 27 years old Noah Israel a Benue state indegine were apprehended by men of state anti kidnapping unit who were on routine patrol at Mowe area of Lagos _ Ibadan express way.
“The two men who were on a motorcycle were accosted by the team because of the suspicious manner they appear and they were stopped for questioning,”
“They suspects made an attempt to escape but were quickly surrounded by the operatives and taken to the nearest police station.”
She further said on interrogation, they confessed to the police that they were coming from Ogbomoso in Oyo state where they have gone to carry out robbery operation.
Acccording to the PPRO, They confessed further that, all the goods in their possession are proceed of the operation.
“They also stated that one of their victims was forced to transfer the sum of one hundred thousand naira into their account since nothing tangible is found with him.”
She maitained that the suspects who claimed to have met at Oba correctional center while serving different jail terms confessed robbing their victims with cutlass and other dangerous weapons.
She explained that items recovered from them include two laptops, eleven phones of different types, one Rolex wrist watch, cash sum of one hundred and twenty two thousand naira and bags containing household items.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered a thorough investigation of the suspects before transferring them to Oyo state where they will be prosecuted.
