A suspected armed robber, Rotimi Ojugbele, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command along Ilaro/Owode Yewa road, while allegedly coming from a robbery operation.
The suspect was said to have been arrested when the Divisional Police Officer, Ilaro Division, Chief Superintendent of Police, Olayemi Jacob, led his men on early morning patrol of the area at about 6.30am.
While on the road, two men on motorcycle, with one of them carrying a bag, were said to have been accosted for a stop-and-search exercise.
Ogun State Command spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said in a statement that immediately they were stopped, one of them jumped down and took to his heels while the other one was quickly apprehended.
“On searching the bag found with them, the following items were found in the bag: one double barrel locally made pistol, one single barrel locally made pistol, nine live cartridges, one Samsung galaxy S8, two small Intel phones without sim card, two wraps of weed suspected to be Indian hemp, one white wrist watch and cash sum of N460.
“Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation. He also directed that the escaped suspect be hunted for and brought to justice,” Oyeyemi added.
