The men of the Ogun State Police Command attached to the anti- robbery team of the Ajuwon Police Division on Saturday arrested two suspected robbers.
The suspects ─ Opeyemi Ibiloye and
Michael Sanusi ─ were nabbed after they had robbed a resident on Olatunji Street, Akute, Ifo Local Government Area of the state.
It was learnt that the robbers, who were six in number, had invaded the area during the early hours of the day.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, said someone, however, sent a distress call to the police on the robbery, adding that they responded swiftly.
Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said the policemen arrived at the scene after the robbers had dispossessed the resident of money and other valuables and also injured him.
He said, “The robbers had fled the scene, but the policemen gave them a chase and arrested two of them. They recovered the loot they took and their weapons.”
According to him, preliminary investigation done by the police revealed that the second suspect, Sanusi, is a son of one of the landlords in the area.
Adejobi said the victim of the robbery was taken to the hospital by the Divisional Police Officer in the area.
He added, “He is responding to treatment.”
The PPRO said items recovered from the robbers included cutlasses, charms, mobile phones/iPhones.
Adejobi said the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikemefuna Okoye, had directed that the suspects be transferred to the Department of Criminal Investigation, Eleweran, Abeokuta, for further investigation.
He said the commissioner also encouraged the residents to always summon courage to call the police any time hoodlums invaded their communities.
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