Police Arrest Two Motorcycle Robbers

LUCKY LAWAL
 
The Ogun State Police Command on 20th December, 2018, apprehended two robbery suspects who specialised in snatching of motorcycles from their owners around Ijebu ode and its environs.

The two suspects namely: Oguntuga Saheed and Omotayo Adenuga were arrested following an information received by the policemen attached to Obalende Division in Ijebu ode, that two Bajaj motorcycles were about to be sold at a giveaway price along Okunowa/Odogbolu Road which raised the suspicion of the people in the area.

On the strength of the information, the DPO Obalende Division, CSP Hakeem Fijabi, led detectives to the scene where the two suspects were promptly arrested with the two motorcycles with registration number JBD 150 WZ and SPA 272 WG. On interrogation, the suspects confessed snatching the two motorcycles at Abeokuta Road Ijebu Ode from their owners with offensive weapons. They confessed further to be responsible for series of motorcycle theft in the area.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to FSARS for discreet investigation. He commended the people of the area for giving timely information that assisted the police in arresting the suspects, noting that such synergy is necessary for us to have better society devoid of crime and criminality.