Officers of the Nigerian Police, Ogun State Command has arrested three suspected armed robbers, terrorizing Ode-Remo and Ipara areas of the State.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutola confirmed that the suspects who were in the habit of raping students of tertiary institutions in the area were arrested on Monday, November 27, while transiting on a motorbike in Ode-Remo.
According to SP Odutola, the suspects, identified as Taiwo Oredoyin 27, Taiwo Kuti, 35 and Folorunsho Saheed 36 were stopped by police operatives on stop-and-searcht and attempted to escape arrest by resorting to violent means, but they were overpowered by the operatives.
“Upon conducting a search on them, police officers discovered one locally-fabricated pistol with two live cartridges, as well as two Samsung phones in their possessions.
“The suspects initially denied the criminal act but had to own up when a victim of their last operation at the Gateway Polytechnic identified one of them”, Odutola stated.
Their arrest, she added, was as a result of a security summit organized by the state Commissioner of Police, Alamutu Abiodun Mustapha over the recent shooting incidents at Gateway Polytechnic, following which a proactive operation was conducted, based on intelligence.
“They are currently undergoing interrogation, as part of the preliminary investigation. Upon completion of this phase, they will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for a more in-depth and discreet investigation”, she said.
