Policemen from Ogun State Police Command on Monday, September 27, 2021, arrested a suspected armed robber, Rotimi Ojugbele, along Ilaro/Owode Yewa road, while returning from a robbery operation.
Disclosing this in a statement, the police spokesman in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said that the suspect was arrested when the Divisional Police Officer of Ilaro Division, CSP Olayemi Jacob led his men on an early morning patrol of the area at about 6:30 am.
The PPRO stated that while the police operatives were the road, two men on a motorcycle, with one of them carrying a bag, were accosted for a stop-and-search.
“Immediately they were stopped, one of them jumped down and took to his heels while the other one was quickly apprehended.
“On searching the bag found with them, the following items were found in the bag: one double-barrel locally-made pistol, one single barrel locally-made pistol, nine live cartridges, one Samsung Galaxy S8 phone, two small Intel phones without SIM card, two wraps of weed suspected to be Indian hemp, one white wrist watch and cash sum of N460,” Oyeyemi explained.
He added that the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.
The police commissioner also directed that the suspect on the run be hunted for and brought to justice.
