Police
in Ogun State on Tuesday said they had arrested no fewer than 28
suspects and recovered eight vehicles in the past one month.
The
command also said it returned a sum of N6.9m stolen by armed robbers
from Automated Teller Machine in a new generation bank in Sagamu on
Sunday to the bank’s management.
Parading
the suspects at the Command Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, the
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikemefuna Okoye, said the suspects were
involved in various crimes such as armed robbery, burglary, obtaining
money by false pretence, murder and belonging to a cult group.
Okoye
also said arms and ammunition such as six locally-made pistols, two cut
–to size double barrelled guns, two BlackBerry phones, one Berretta
pistol, 21 live cartridges and 40 live ammunition were recovered from
the suspects.
The
police boss stated that one of the suspects, Azeez Salami, also known
as “Srowfield”, had for long terrorised the Ago-Iwoye community and had
been declared wanted for murder before the police arrested him last
week.
He
said the suspect was arrested and found to be in possession of one
cut-to-size single barrelled gun in his hideout in Ago Iwoye.
Okoye
said, “`Scrowfield is a notorious criminal and has been on our wanted
list for some time. He specialises in murder, robbery, cult activities
and so many other heinous acts. Information has it that he is the number
two leader of Eye Confraternity in Olabisi Onabanjo University,
Ago-Iwoye. We are working on him to get vital information and he is
cooperating with us.”
The
police boss however solicited further cooperation from the members of
the public, assuring them that the command was prepared to combat crime,
especially during the Christmas and New Year period.
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