Ogun State Police Command has apprehended three suspected armed robbers who had allegedly been terrorising students of Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade resident within areas in Ode Remo and Ipara Remo.
The suspects were identified as Taiwo Oredoyin (27), Taiwo Kuti, (35) and Folorunso Saheed (36), all resident in Isara Remo town.
Also recovered from the suspects were arm and ammunition.
Thenewsbearer learnt that the suspects usually invaded the area for robbery operations to rape female students.
The students of the institution had protested last week, disclosing how they had been robbed by armed men, with their female colleagues usually raped.
Following a security summit organised by the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Mustapha Alamutu, an intelligence-based proactive operation was carried out in response to recent shooting incident at Gateway Polytechnic.
In collaboration with other security agencies, police operatives carried out a stop-and-search operation in Ode Remo and Ipara areas, during which they intercepted the three suspects who were on a motorcycle.
The suspects reportedly attempted to evade arrest by resorting to violent means to escape but were eventually apprehended.
It was further gathered that when a search was conducted by the operatives, they discovered a locally-fabricated pistol with two live cartridges, as well as two Samsung phones, in the suspects’s possession.
The police spokeswoman, SP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the arrest, said that the suspects initially denied carrying out the nefarious activities, but a victim in the robbery operation they had carried out before their arrests identified one of them as the one who raped her.
The PPRO said that the suspects were undergoing interrogation as part of the preliminary investigation.
She added that they would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.
