A five-man suspected armed robbery gang, terrorizing Ijebu-Ode and Epe, have been smashed by operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
They reportedly received their orders from prison.
The suspects, two of whom are siblings, have at one time or another been charged to court for armed robbery.
The gang comprising of Adeleke Ajayi, a.k.a Ajasco, 28, Segun Ajayi, 30, Gabriel Oriola, a.k.a Stone, 31, Adebayo Opeyemi, 33 and their armourer, Wasiu Ogunlana, 28, were arrested in Ogun State.
The suspects, two of whom are siblings, have at one time or another, been charged to court for armed robbery in Ijebu-Ode and Epe.
They revealed that two notorious henchmen currently in the Ijebu-Ode Prison, Obabiyi a.k.a Oba ‘B’ and Ojubintin, normally call from prison to give orders on where next to operate in Ijebu-Ode.
The use of phones and laptops in prison is not allowed, but according to the suspects, it was done through the active connivance of prison warders.
Among the places the suspects confessed to have operated were Epe Road, Satina, Kajola, Emuren and Eruwon, all in Ijebu-Ode, aside Epe axis.
Their arrests followed a tip-off on the syndicate’s robbery escapades, leading to Wasiu’s nabbing with three locally made guns, comprising two single barrels and a double barrel, all pistols.
Also found in his possession were 13 rounds of live ammunition, which he claimed belonged to the group and consequently named the four other suspects, whose arrests were through technical intelligence.
