Determined to tackle crime and criminals in Ogun State and ensure that citizens sleep with their eyes closed, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Musa Daura, has ordered 24 hours vigilance on different areas of the state, leading to arrest of some suspected criminals.
Daura said his men, attached to various divisions within the state, were combat ready to fish out criminals disturbing the state, no matter the holes they had crawled into after perpetrating their operations. He cautioned criminals in the state to back off and try other states or else he would come down hard on them when they are eventually nabbed.
While revealing some of the achievements the command recently recorded, Daura said: “Detectives attached to Odogbolu Police Division have arrested Tosin Ayomide 28, with AK47 rifle, 28 rounds of live ammunition, two locally made double barrel pistols, one live and expended cartridges, one Genx Digital Camera, one army belt and four handsets.
“Also recovered is one extera jeep. Other gang members fled after engaging the police in a gun battle. They ran only after the police overpowered them in the shootout.”
Another suspected armed robber was also arrested by policemen attached to Ibarra Police Division. The suspect had been identified as Wasiu Aderupoko. He was nabbed by policemen who were on ‘Stop and Search’ duty at Ijeja Junction, Ibara Abeokuta, in possession of one Lincoln Motorcycle marked QE176AKM.
Other members of the gang were said to have bolted after sighting the police at the junction. They left Aderupoko who was later arrested by the police. Items recovered from the hoodlums were three single barrel guns and two double barrel locally made pistols.
In another development, a few of the armed robbers who had been terrorising motorists on the Ijebu-Ode-Benin Expressway had been arrested by policemen from Ijebu-Ode Area Command who were patroling the expressway.
The armed robbers were said to have been subjected to a search after they were flagged down at a ‘Stop and Search’ post. An army uniform and T- shirt with police inscription on the shirt were found on them. During interrogation, the suspects confessed to the police to have been using the uniform to rob innocent people.
Items recovered from the suspects were army identity card with Force number O3NA/53/3110, with police vest, with numerical figures scripted on it. There was a Baja Motorcycle, marked H150 KJA and a nylon containing Indian hemp.
Police spokesman, Ademuyiwa Adejobi, said that the suspects could not give a satisfactory account of how they got the clothing items found in their possessions.
Adejobi added that the command had warned anyone found or caught with military or police uniforms to be arrested for further investigations.
Policemen attached to Ewekoro Division received information about armed robbery operation along Sango-Ewekoro road, and quickly swung into action. Two of the suspected robbers were allegedly arrested with weapons. The suspects are Idowu Obaleewo, 25, and Ibrahim Yakubu, 24. They had in their possession one locally made pistol, two handsets and N4, 690.
Joseph Dashi, 38, a suspected kidnapper, was also arrested by the command. He was caught after abducting a young boy in Republic of Benin and brought him to Nigeria.
Dashi was said to have taken the boy to a native doctor in Ado-Odo Ota, to sell at the sum of N400.000. But rather than buy the boy for some nefarious purposes, the native doctor alerted the police.
Policemen attached to the Federal High Way Patrol team, which was on duty along Sagamu /Ikorodu road recently stopped a car for a search at night and discovered that the occupants were robbers.
The suspects are Tairu Yekini, Wasiu Liadi, Peter Adebanjo, and Wasiu Sara.
The Nigerian Compass gathered that after subjecting them to a thorough search, some incriminating items were found in their vehicle. Items recovered from them were one locally made short gun, two live cartridges, two Nokia GSM handsets; two bunches of keys and a sum of N3050.
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