Police nab three over attempted robbery at Ogun estate
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NIGERIA: THREE men have been arrested during a robbery operation which was eventually thwarted by men of the Nigeria Police Force at Golden Heritage Estate in Mowe Area of Obafemi Owode Local Government area of Ogun State.
According to the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the robbers armed with guns and other dangerous weapons arrived the estate at about 3pm last January 25 in a lorry.
Oyeyemi explained that the men thereafter matcheted the four security guards on duty severally before tying them down with ropes after which they packed iron rods worth millions of naira into their lorry.
The police image maker stated that luck, however, ran against them when distress call was made to Mowe divisional headquarters of the police, consequent upon which the Divisional Police Officer, Francis Ebhuoma, a Chief Superintendent of Police, led his anti-robbery team to the scene and engaged the robbers in gun duel. Oyeyemi stressed that the team succeeded in demobilising the lorry and got two members of the gang, namely Monsuru Mukaila and Abdulahi Ogundiya, arrested while others escaped with their weapons.
He further said that the two arrested men later led policemen to where one Saheed Ishola, who was said to be the gang leader, was arrested.
According to him, the lorry loaded with iron rod was recovered from the scene, and the injured security men have been taken to hospital for medical attention.
The police image maker said that the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, commended the gallantry efforts of his men.
He said that Iliyasu has also ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the anti-robbery section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Eleweran for further investigation.
Similarly, Oyeyemi added that the police boss equally directed that the fleeing members of the gang must be brought to book.
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