The suspects Uzefa Idris, Adamu Yakubu and Ayuba Buhari, according to statement released by Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, were arrested following a distress call received by the Owode Egba Division, that a Mazda bus has been forcefully stopped on the highway by a gang of armed robbers and the occupants are being dispossessed of their belongings.
Upon the distress call, the Owode Egba Divisional Police Officer, SP Mathew Ediae quickly led his anti robbery team to the scene, on sighting the policemen, the hoodlums took to their heels but were chased into the bush where three amongst them were apprehended.
The two victims of their operation, Oluwakemi Oyegade, who was dispossessed of N545,000 (five hundred and forty-five thousand) and one itel phone as well as the driver Zacheaus Olaniyi were rescued to the station.
The two victims narrated that the hoodlums jumped on the road from the bush and forcefully stopped the vehicle consequent upon which they started beating them with matchet before dispossessing them of their valuables.
Recovered from the arrested suspects are cash of N99,700 (ninety nine thousand seven hundred naira) and one itel phone.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police CP Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to special anti robbery squads SARS for discreet investigation and prosecution.
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