Tuesday has been arrested despite offering a sum of N1.8million to the villagers where he took refuge following injuries he sustained during gun duel with police authorities. Next authoritatively gathered that the 20-year -old suspect, Onyeka Ani, was apprehended at the weekend in Mawuko village, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State by the villagers while he was trying to bolt away after spending days in the bush. Luck ran against the suspect, who emerged from the bush with gunshot wound while trying to escape to neigbouring Lagos State. Unknown to him, a radio announcement by the police intimating villagers of the escape of some criminals from the scene of the gun duel had being aired. The villagers, sighting him soaked in blood, suspected him to be member of the scattered robbery gang, as earlier announced by the police command in Abeokuta. He was subsequently apprehended. Realizing that nemesis had caught up with him, the suspect, a native of
Apkugo, in Nkanu Local Government Area of Enugu State, reportedly profusely begged the villagers, to spare him, with an offer to provide them the sum of N1.8million..
The suspect, according one of the villagers, appealed to the them to allow him call somebody in Lagos who will arrange the money to effect his release. The unimpressed villagers turned down the offer and swiftly contacted the police. He was thereafter handed over to the police authorities and as at the time of this report, he is in police custody at Eleweran and being interrogated alongside other two suspects earlier arrested. The public relations officer of the police command, Muyiwa Adejobi confirmed the arrest and expressed appreciation to the villagers for their support for the police in nabbing the suspect. Mr Adejobi called for more cooperation from the members of the public, particularly on providing police information on crimes and criminals. “Such information will be treated in confidence,” he said.
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