FSARS Arrest Husband, Wife For Armed Robbery

A couple in Ogun State, Mathew and Precious Abioro, has been arrested by the police for allegedly engaging in armed robbery and serving as receivers of stolen items.

The couple were arrested after a tip-off.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed their arrest and said the couple met their Waterloo while planning another robbery operation.

“The couple were arrested when men of FSARS received information that some notorious armed robbers who have been terrorising Abeokuta and Sango axis are planning to carry out another operation consequent upon which their hideout was stormed and the couple was arrested.

“On interrogation, they confessed being involved in a series of armed robbery within and outside Abeokuta metropolis.

“They equally confessed being receivers of stolen motorcycles from other robbery gangs and that they used to sell such motorcycles to Benin Republic and used the proceeds to purchase arms and ammunition which they use for their own operations.”

He disclosed that a pump action gun, one cut-to-size single barrel pistol, one cut-to-size double barrel pistol and four live cartridges were recovered from the suspects.

Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, had commended men of FSARS for being proactive in the fight against crime.

He quoted the commissioner as warning hoodlums to steer clear of the state “because the command is all out to deal decisively with anybody who have the intention of perpetrating any form of crime in the state no matter how highly placed the person may be.”