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The police in Ogun State have arrested two suspects, Adigun John aka Akoto and Idowu kalejaye, for alleged armed robbery.
The two men were arrested at the weekend, following a distress call received by policemen attached to the Ogijo Divisional Headquarters that a robbery operation was going on in a bakery at the Eyita area of the town.
The Divisional Police Officer, Tijani Muhammad led his anti-robbery team to the scene and engaged the robbers in a shoot-out.
At the end of the encounter, the two suspects were arrested and one locally made cut-to-size gun was recovered from them.
The state Police Public Relations Officer Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the arrest of the suspects, said that they robbed the owner of the bakery, one Taiwo Ogunyemi, of the sum of N2000 and a Nokia handset.
Oyeyemi, an assistant superintendent of police added that the suspects also robbed a customer of the bakery, one Bose Agboola, of the sum of N15,000.
The PPRO further said that the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad for discreet investigation.
