The police in Ogun have arrested three suspected armed robbers at the Golden Heritage Estate in Mowe, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state.
Two of the suspects were arrested by the police after foiling a robbery operation at the estate, while the third suspect, alleged to be the leader of the gang, was later picked up from his hideout.
According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, “The robbers, who came to the Estate at about 3pm on the 25th of January in a lorry armed with guns and other dangerous weapons, macheted the four security guards on duty several times before tying them down with ropes, after which they packed iron rods worth millions of Naira into their lorry.
“Luck, however, ran against them when distress call was made to Mowe Divisional headquarters, consequent upon which the DPO, CSP Francis Ebhuoma, led his anti-robbery team to the scene and engaged the robbers in gun duel. The team succeeded in demobilising the lorry and got two members of the gang, namely Monsuru Mukaila and Abdulahi Ogundiya, arrested while others escaped with their weapons. The arrested two later led the policemen to where one saheed Ishola, said to be the gang leader, was arrested. The lorry loaded with iron rods was recovered from the scene, and the injured security men have been taken to hospital for medical attention.”
The PPRO added that the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, who commended the gallantry efforts of his men, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Anti-robbery section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Eleweran, Abeokuta for further investigation.
The commissioner of police, he further said, had directed that the fleeing members of the gang must be apprehended and brought to book.
