Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested three brothers and their friend in Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State.
The state’s PPRO,Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in a statement released on Monday in Abeokuta saying that the suspects have carried out series of robbery operations in Ijebu-Ode.
The arrested suspects according to Oyeyemi are identified as Hammed Jagbojagbo, Idris Jagbojagbo and Tobi Jagbojagbo, while their accomplice was named Tosin Ogundeko.
The suspect were nabbed following a distress call received at Igbeba divisional headquarters that some armed robbers invaded a Premier Lotto agent’s shop at the Odi Olowo area of Ijebu Ode and went away with the sum of N90,000.
“The robbers also snatched a Bajaj motorcycle belonging to one Clement Conleth,” Oyeyemi stated.
“The DPO of Igbeba division, CSP Musiliu Doga, quickly led his patrol team to the scene, gave the robbers a hot chase and succeeded in arresting one of them, Tosin Ogundeko from whom the Bajaj motorcycle was recovered.”
He further stressed that the arrested Ogundeko later led detectives to their hideout in the Epe area of Lagos State, where the three brothers were nabbed while one of them identified as Tosin (a.k.a Socket), escaped.
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“On interrogation, the suspects confessed to being responsible for various motorcycle snatching operations in Ijebu-Ode and its environs.
“They confessed further that they are all based in Epe, but chose ijebu ode as their area of operation,” the police spokesman said.
Items recovered from them include, one cut-to-size locally made gun and one Bajaj motorcycle.
Meanwhile, Ogun Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to the State CIID for discreet investigation, also directed a manhunt for the fleeing members of the gang.