Ogun police arrest 2 for armed robbery

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The men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested two men, Adigun John, a.k.a Akoto; and Idowu Kalejaye for armed robbery.

The two men were arrested on March 23, following a distress call received by policemen attached to Ogijo divisional headquarters that robbery operation was going on in a bakery at Eyita area.

Consequent upon the distress call, the DPO, SP Tijani Muhammad, led his anti-robbery team to the scene and engaged the robbers in shoot out.

At the end of the encounter, the two suspects were arrested, with one locally-made-cut-to-size gun was recovered from them.

The suspects robbed the owner of the bakery, one Taiwo Ogunyemi, of sum of N2,000 and a Nokia handset; they also robbed a customer, one Bose Agboola, of the sum of N15,000.

The state Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Federal Special Anti-Roberry Squad for discreet investigation.