The Oyo State Police Command has arrested 21 robbery suspects in various parts of the state.
According to the state Commissioner of
Police, Leye Oyebade, some of the suspects were recently released from
prison. Among the suspects is a six-man gang, said to operate in Oyo,
Ogbomoso and Ilorin.
They suspects are Aliyu Azeez, 28;
Olanrewaju Ajayi, 23; Kehinde Abiodun, 28; Adeleke ADeyemi, 26; Teslim
Muhammed, 26; and Adamu Muhammed, 23. Leader of the gang, Teslim
Muhammed, said they were arrested after taking delivery of guns in
Ilorin.
He said, “We had yet to make use of the
weapons when we were arrested. After the guys who brought the guns to us
were arrested, they implicated us and brought the police to our hideout
in Agbabiaka area of Ilorin. The guns were actually brought to me. We
all met at different occasions. I knew Azeez through a friend called
Tosin.”
According to police commissioner, the
suspects were nabbed while making plans to carry out a robbery
operation. Exhibits recovered from them include a three cut-to-size
double-barrelled guns, three locally made pistols, 14 live cartridges,
three computer laptops, 29 assorted mobile phones, two digital cameras,
six cutlasses, four jack knives, one saw blade, three spanners, one
hammer, one nail pinchers and assorted criminal charms.
The command also arrested another gang
of suspected robbers, who shot their victim after robbing him of a
Toyota Camry car with number plate DL 994 LLD on April 26 in
Olorunda-Aba area of Ibadan.
One of the suspects, Kamaru Ganiyu, was
released from a prison in Oyo State in February, but returned to
criminal activities soon after his release. Other members of the gang
are Agu Onyeka, Biodun Jamiu, Dare Azeez and Nurudeen Bilawu.
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