ONE CHANCE ROBBERY SUSPECT ARRESTED IN OGUN

The victims said   on getting to Olokopupo area of Atan Ota, the suspects they met in the car suddenly brought out knives and other dangerous weapons with which they forced them to surrender their belongings.

Penpushing further reports that Oyeyemi said the suspects robbed them of the sum of N37, 000 and N48, 0000 respectively as well as their techno phones after which they were pushed out of the moving vehicle consequent upon which they sustained various degrees of injury.

The police said the victims  subsequently found their way to a nearby hospital for treatment but while coming from the hospital, they sighted and identified Abiodun Makinde as one of the hoodlums who robbed them hence they raised alarm. 

‘The alarm they raised attracted the DPO Atan Ota SP Abiodun Salau who was on routine patrol of the area with his men and they raced to the scene where the suspect was arrested with the help of members of the public’.

‘On getting to the station, one woman (name withheld) who had earlier complained of similar incident also identified the suspect as one of the hoodlums who robbed and raped her on the 12th of September and made away with her pants.

The police spokesman said the suspect confessed participating in the two robbery incidents, adding that the Commissioner of Police  Bashir Makama has ordered the transfer of the suspect to Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for discreet investigation.