The Ogun State Police Command, on Sunday, announced that it apprehended two robbery suspects who are specialists in snatching of motorcycles from their owners around Ijebu Ode and its environs on December 20.
The Command's spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi gave the names of the two suspects as Oguntuga Saheed and Omotayo Adenuga.
He disclosed via a statement that "they were arrested following an information received by the policemen attached to Obalende Division in Ijebu Ode that two Bajaj motorcycles were about to be sold at give away prices along Okunowa/Odogbolu road which raised the suspicion of the people in the area.
On the strength of the information, the DPO, Obalende Division, CSP Hakeem Fijabi led detectives to the scene where the two suspects were promptly arrested with the two motorcycles with registration numbers JBD 150 WZ and SPA 272 WG".
Oyeyemi also stated that "on interrogation, the suspects confessed snatching the two motorcycles at Abeokuta Road, Ijebu Ode from the owners with offensive weapons. They confessed further to be responsible for series of motorcycle theft in the area".
The Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to FSARS for discreet investigation. He commended the people of the area for giving timely information that assisted the police in arresting the suspects, noting that such synergy is necessary for us to have better society devoid of crime and criminality.
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