Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 4-man robbery gang that specializes in snatching motorcycles in Agbara and its environs.
"The arrest of the gang followed a report made at Agbara Divisional Headquarters on 20th February 2019 by one Suuru Nofiyonbin who reported that at around 5:30am on that day, while he was riding his unregistered Bajaj motorcycle, he picked a man who pretended to be a passenger from OPIC Estate Agbara heading to Igere. On their way going, the said passenger brought out a pestle from his bag and hit him in the head with it thereby inflicting serious head injury on him before dispossessing him of his motorbike",
DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Command's spokesman stated.
Oyeyemi also disclosed that "on the strength of the report, the DPO Agbara Division, CSP Adegbite Omotayo quickly led his Anti-Robbery team to the scene, combed the entire area in collaboration with the Vigilante Service of Ogun State and succeeded in apprehending the suspect who was later identified as Abraham Lucky.
The motorcycle and the pestle were subsequently recovered from him".
The police spokesman also stated that "on interrogation, he confessed being responsible for series of motorcycles snatching in the area, he also named the duo of Emeka Ekenle, 28 and Oluwaseun Adekoya, 25 as his gang members as well as one Monday Nzkube as their receiver.
The detectives quickly accompanied him to the residence of his mentioned accomplices and got them arrested.
They have all confessed to the commission of the crime, they admitted having snatched more than ten motorcycles in Agbara and its environs".
The suspects have been transfered to the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) for discreet investigation on the orders of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu. The CP further reiterated the commitment of the Command not to rest on its oars until the state is rid of crime and criminality.
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