A gang of armed robbers has invaded the Oke-Ola area of Ode-Remo, off old Lagos-Ibadan road in the Remo-North local government area of Ogun state, shot some residents and carted away their properties.
The robbers reportedly launched a bloody attack on the residents, around 2 am on Tuesday, inflicting varying degrees of injuries on them.
One of the victims, who is a landlord in the area, Oluwadamilare Otemoye, was reportedly shot by the robbers.
Otemoye while narrating his ordeals, said the robbers, on arriving the community started shooting into the air and ordered the residents to voluntarily open their doors, or face severe punishment.
The landlord said the residents who did not cooperate with the robbers’ directives were shot.
According to him, the robbers left several persons injured and one person in critical condition at the General Hospital, Ishara.
“The police came to our place and arrested one of the hoodlums, who led them to the arrest of two others .”
The injured landlord, however, lamented, saying, “at present despite police report and protests from the residents, two of the apprehended suspects have been released and walking free.
” This robbery incident has become recurrent and now a source of worry.”
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the incident on Thursday, said the suspected armed robbers robbed another neighboring community the same day.
He added that one of the suspects was arrested after the operation and is presently assisting police in further investigation.
He, however, disagreed with the landlord be, saying, only one suspect had been arrested.
He added that exhibit recovered as at the time of filing this report were five mobile phones, stating that efforts were ongoing to arrest the fleeing members of the robbery gang.
“The story is true, the robbers robbed in Ode and one other place, but police from Isara promptly responded and got one of the gang members arrested.
“About five phones were recovered from him and he is helping the police in their investigation.
“Meanwhile, the injured person who was taken to the hospital had been treated and discharged.
“Efforts is on to apprehend the fleeing members of the gang .”
