The two suspects Yinusa Isah and Ibrahim Muhammed were traced to Lokoja in Kogi State after CSP Tijani Muhammed led SARS who took over the case from Owode Egba Division where three members of the gang were earlier arrested.
The gang, according to Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, had on 17th of July blocked the Alapako end of Lagos-Ibadan expressway and forcefully stopped a Mazda commercial bus with two occupants and subsequently dispossessed them of cash of N545,000 and a itel phone after beaten them mercilessly with Cutlass.
A distress call was subsequently made to DPO Owode Egba Division who raised to the scene with his men and they were able to apprehend three members of the gang.
The case was transferred to SARS where the suspects made useful statements that led the operatives to Lokoja where the remaining two fleeing members of the gang were apprehended on the 24th of July 2020.
Recovered from them are three cutlasses and a wood crafted that looks like gun.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police CP Edward A Ajogun has ordered that the stretch of the expressway be properly combed to rid it of criminal elements. He also directed a 24 hrs physical police presence on the highway so as to guarantee the security of life and prosperity on the highways accross the state.
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