The Police in Ogun State have arrested a teenager, Ayomide Joseph, and Olajide Ajisomo, 20, for allegedly robbing two persons at gunpoint.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abeokuta.
Oyeyemi said the suspects allegedly dispossessed two siblings at Mowe in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.
He said the two suspects were arrested following a report lodged at Mowe police station by one of the victims, Adegoke Sodipe.
The PPRO explained that Sodipe reported that while he was coming from Lagos with his brother, they were attacked at Ikugbonmire junction Mowe by three armed robbery suspects and were dispossessed of their personal belongings.
Oyeyemi said the victim claimed that they were robbed of their Infinix phone valued at #25,000, ATM card and So-safe corps identity card.
“He stated further that they raised alarm which attracted passers-by and one of the hoodlums was apprehended by members of public.
“Upon the report, the DPO Mowe division SP Marvis Jayeola quickly dispatched his detectives to the scene where the arrested member of the gang was handed over to the police.
“Having taken possession of the suspect, the operatives embarked on intelligent based investigation which led to the arrest of the second suspect.”
The PPRO said a locally made double-barrel shotgun was recovered from them.
He said the Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered that the suspects be transferred to Special Anti Robbery Squad for discreet investigation.
Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police equally reiterated the readiness of the Command to clamp down on any would-be criminals within the State.
He added,
“the command will not allow any hoodlum to subject the good people of the state to any form of mental and psychological torture during and after this trying period.”
