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  • Police arrest six robbery suspects

    Police arrest six robbery suspects

    Six suspects involved in various robberies in Ire-Akari community, Ado/Odo/Ota Local Government of Ogun State, have been arrested.

    Temituru Oluwafemi, Ibrahim Hakeem, Babalola Olufujabi, Ajadi Adesoji, Taye Ogede and Bakare Sakiru were arrested by operatives of Onaipanu Division, following a tip-off.

    Police spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement yesterday, said a Volkswagen Golf, LSR 86, CA, weapons and charms were recovered from them.

    He said: “The suspects were arrested by police operatives after a tip-off from the community and surveillance. Four of them have been identified by victims.

    “The Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, has directed that the suspects be transferred to the Department of Criminal Investigation and Intelligence, Eleweran, Abeokuta,  for investigation and prosecution.”

  • Police arrest 27 cultists, robbery suspects in Ogun

    Police arrest 27 cultists, robbery suspects in Ogun

    The Police have arrested 27 persons suspected to members of notorious cult groups in Ogun state, following raids by operatives of the Police Command’s Special Anti Robbery Squad and Department of Criminal Investigation and Intelligence.

    The suspects until their arrest, the Police said, were involved in spates of killings and robberies in Ijebu, Agbara and other areas of the state.

    The suspects are; Ahmed Olasunkanmi (aka Ahmed the killer), Sadiq Muli,  Adewale Olumide (28) Rafiu Oluwatosin (27) and Ifeanyi Idor (27)

    The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Olumuyiwa Adejobi said investigations have reveal that the suspected cultists participated in series of robbery attacks in the state, including snatching of cars within major cities and along highways.

    Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) gave the names of others as are Ifeanyi Okeke (34), Abiodun Taiwo (39), Ola Hammed (40) and Odion Ozasuwa (23) while 10 vehicles and eight guns and ammunitions of different calibres were recovered from them.

    In Agbara area of the state, the Police also arrested additional 14 suspected members of a  cult group while the duo of Idris Adejunwon (24) and Muideen Bello (26) were arrested in connection with the last August 5,  Ijoko Otta Killings.

    According to him, the Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, has ordered  the officers and men of the Command to step up measures to rid the state of cultists, robbers and hoodlums.

     

  • Police forced us to confess, say Ikorodu robbery suspects

    Police forced us to confess, say Ikorodu robbery suspects

    The suspects in the   Ikorodu banks robbery have told the Federal High Court in Lagos that the confessional statements they made to the police were not voluntary.

    Their lawyer Olusegun Akanbi prayed the court to order the police to produce them if they were still alive.

    He said the suspects “made confessional statements to  press out of duress”.

    He argued that it was illegal for the police to parade criminal suspects and have them grant interviews under compulsion.

    The lawyer prayed the court for an order compelling the police to produce the four suspects in court because their families were denied access to them.

    They are Agbojule Bright, Promise Abiwa, Monday Omoboye and Monday Ikuesan.

    They were paraded on July 6 in connection with the robbery at the Ipakodo branches of two banks in Ikorodu.

    The police said they were part of an 18-man gang, which made away with about N80 million on June 24.

    The four suspects had reportedly confessed to playing various roles in the alleged crime. Three Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) allegedly bought with the proceeds were recovered from them.

    Akanbi claimed that the police violated the suspects’ right to remain silent or to avoid answering any questions until after consulting with a lawyer – in line with Section 35(2) of the 1999 Constitution.

    According to the lawyer, the suspects might not get a fair trial since they had “suffered prejudice due to unfair publicity and unprofessional acts of the defendants.”

    He claimed that the police refused to allow him or the suspects’ family to see them in detention.

    “The applicants’ counsel were not allowed to see the applicants or even to have a brief interview with them when they visited the defendants on July 15.

    “The applicants’ constitutional rights under Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution are at stake because the defendants had taken a biased position by denying the applicants’ family or their counsel their right of visiting them in police custody.

    “It will be in the interest of justice if the applicants are brought before this court so that the court can ascertain whether the applicants are still alive.

    “It will be in the interest of justice if the applicants can be charged by the defendants to court since they have already spent over 24 hours in custody.

    “Failure to do this will amount to usurpation of the constitutional powers of the judiciary,” the lawyer argued.

    He claimed that the suspects were entitled to N5 million damages for what he described as their unlawful detention.

    Justice Mohammed Yunusa adjourned to September 7 to enable the Inspector-General of Police Solomon Arase respond to the suit.

  • Police arrest robbery suspects in Ibadan

    Police arrest robbery suspects in Ibadan

    OYO State Police Command has paraded five suspected robbers who tranquillize their victims with chemicals before robbing them.

    Parading the suspects, the State’s Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Katsina said the suspects operate in a unique manner, saying it is erroneous to regard them as house breakers and burglars.

    “They do not go with guns but they use something more lethal than weapon which can be called chemical weapon. It is in form of a sleep-induced liquid. When you retire to bed at night and you leave your windows open, they sneak to your window and put a little quantity of the substance in your room and you will sleep away for 30 minutes. This will put their victims in a state of unconsciousness and after the effect; they will enter the house and take away all valuables. When you wake up in the morning, you discover an empty house.

    “We have been on their trail through the intelligence report we received from our ambush squad and we thank God that we were able to track them down,” he said.

    •From left: Mr. Katsina returning one of the stolen items recovered from the robbers to its owner
    •From left: Mr. Katsina returning one of the stolen items recovered from the robbers to its owner

    Katsina also said the suspects had led them to all the houses they had robbed and they were able to identify the owners of the properties, adding that they are there to hand over the exhibits to the owners because he does not believe in keeping them.

    One of the suspects, Oladele Olaitan, 22, said: “We are robbers and we do this to survive. We were arrested when we were robbing a house around Bodija axis. We go to our victim’s houses around 11:00 p.m. and pour the chemical into their houses and after they have slept, we break into their house and pack away all properties that are valuable to us.

    Another member of the gang, Azeez Muideen said: “We went to break into a shop at Bodija and this is the first time I had joined them in this act because I am jobless.”

    One of their victims’s who spoke on condition of anonymity because he didn’t want to be identified ýsaid his house was robbed at Bodija and it was just like a dream when he woke up and saw that all his electronics and other gadgets were gone.

    “It was just like a magic or a dream because none of members of my family was at home that night. I turned off the television and locked the door properly before I went to bed. But on waking up around 6:10 a.m., all my electronics were gone. I reported the incident to police. After some weeks, the police called to tell me that the robbers have been arrested and some of my properties recovered. I am grateful to the police for a good job done,” he said.

     

  • Four robbery suspects meet waterloo in Delta

    Everyday is for the wicked, one is for Karma, goes the saying and this recently found expression in Ogwashi-Uku,  headquarters of Aniocha South Local government  area of Delta State when a response team of the Delta state police command engaged a five-man armed robbery gang in a gun duel and felled four out of five.

    The fifth  escaping with bullet wounds.

    The gang, according to a statement by the spokesperson of the Delta state police command, Celestina Kalu (DSP), had terrorised the neighborhood of the area for sometime, robbing, raping and killing victims.

    Their reign of terror, was however halted on Wednesday, April 1, at about 6:00am, when the Ogwashi-Uku police station received information about  the operation of the gang  along the St Patrick Catholic Church Road within the town. On sighting the police,the robbers  opened fire.The police responded killing four of the robbers.

    The police spokesperson, Kalu, in her statement, said “on 1/4/2015 at about 0600hrs, the Police at Ogwashi-Uku Police Station received information through an anonymous caller that armed robbers numbering about five were operating along St. Patrick Catholic church road, Ogwashi-Uku.

    “Consequently, the Anti-Robbery patrol team immediately mobilized to the scene. The hoodlums, on sighting the policemen, opened fire on them, and in the ensuing gun duel, four of the unidentified gun men were gunned down while one escaped with bullet wounds.

    “The same syndicate robbed a family at back of African House, Ogbe-Ofu quarters, Ogwashi-Uku and raped a girl on 29/3/2015.  They also robbed some persons at Umu-okwe quarters Ogwashi-uku on 31/3/2015. The criminals went to St. Patrck Catholic road, Ogbe-ofu quarters, Ogwashi-Uku for their nefarious activities on 1/4/15 at about 0300hrs where they met their waterloo”, she said.

    She also said the command’s men recovered a few items from the gang, among which were one double barrel gun with two live and two expended cartridges, one generating set, 26 handsets , three laptops, one L.G. plasma television set, one amplifier, two hammers, one rod and other items.

    She also said efforts were being made to track down the  fifth suspect.

  • Three robbery suspects in court

    Three robbery suspects in court

    The police have arrested three persons, Kamoli Oladosun (22); Kamoru Ayilara (22) and Agbesanmi Tosin, for alleged robbery.

    The suspects also allegedly instigated violence and intimidated people at the Railway Line, Otto, Ebute Meta and environs on Lagos Mainland.

    It was learnt that they conspired with others (now at large) to dispossess commuters of their valuables.

    The suspects were caught during an exchange of fire with the vigilance group that secures the community at 2.30 am on April 3.

    They were arraigned in an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court on a three-count charge of conspiracy, breach of peace and robbery.

    They pleaded not guilty.

    Prosecuting police Inspector Richard Odigie told the court that the offences are punishable under Sections 409, 166 and 40 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.

    Magistrate O.I Adelaja granted the defendants N100, 000 bail with two sureties in the like sum. She adjourned the case till May 18.

     

  • Police arrest 37 robbery suspects in Ekiti

    Police arrest 37 robbery suspects in Ekiti

    The police in Ekiti State have arrested 37 suspects for alleged robbery, murder and illegal possession of firearms as well as other weapons.

    They include five suspects, who allegedly robbed residents of Adekunle Fajuyi Estate, Ado-Ekiti on Sunday.

    They were rounded up in a raid carried out on Monday night on their hideouts in Atikankan, Sabo and Lekeleke of Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

    Michael Adams, one of those who escaped in the Ado-Ekiti Prisons jailbreak, led the operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) to arrest other members of the gang.

    Some of the suspects arrested in connection with the Fajuyi Estate robbery are Abdulsalam Kabiru, Ayeni Ojo, Albert Ayodeji and Adebiyi Seun.

    Kabiru and Ayodeji are also among the fleeing inmates from Ado-Ekiti Prisons.

    Adams reportedly confessed to robbery and murder.

    Another suspect, Do-Good Owoeye, was arrested with a cut-to-size single barrel gun and an Army camouflage, which he claimed belongs to his father, who he said retired from the service.

    During the raid, weapons, including two cut-to-size locally-made single barrel guns, were recovered from the suspects.

    Speaking yesterday at the command headquarters in Ado-Ekiti, Commissioner of Police Taiwo Lakanu said the suspects confessed to a series of robberies.

    He said they would be charged to court as soon as Judiciary workers end their strike.

    Lakanu explained that the arrest of the suspects was a breakthrough for the command.

  • Police arrest five robbery suspects

    Police arrest five robbery suspects

    Five armed robbery suspects, who specialise in snatching cars and changing their engine chassis numbers with special markers, have been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS),Lagos State Police Command.

    The suspects are: Mahmud Abdulkareem Tanko, 48; Musa Yusuf, 27; Abayomi Adebayo, 53, Israel Nana, 30, and Moses Andrel, 25.

    The stolen cars recovered and tagged exhibits are: Toyota Camry, MU 861 CA, Mistibushi Outlander, KTU 615 AV, Toyota Camry, BQ 652 AKD, Toyota Camry, MUS 353 CV, Toyota Camry, BDG 370 CQ and Toyota Camry, AAA 487 CA.

    Others are Nissan Pathfinder, SUV AGB 839 RK, Nissan Murano, SUV KRK 449 CL, Honda Accord (EOD) KMM 115 AA, Honda Accord, LSD 394 BG, Toyota Corolla, KUJ 132 HT, Mitsibushi Outlander SUV, KJA 745 BH, Toyota Camry, UW 879 KJA, Toyota Avensis, ABJ 89 BK and Toyota Sienna Space Bus, FJ 611 LSR.

    The Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, said the essence of showing the vehicle registration numbers was to help the owners to be aware of their recovered vehicles.

    The markers, which were used to change the engine/chassis numbers of stolen cars, were also recovered.

    While parading the suspects yesterday in Lagos, he said he mandated the officer-in-charge of SARS, Abba Kyari, a Superintendent of Police, to fish out the hoodlums and bring them to book, following some cases of armed robbery involving car-snatching in the Command in recent times.

    Through the deployment of cutting-edge technology, intensive surveillance and aggressive patrol, the above suspects were arrested.

    The 15 previously stolen vehicles by the syndicate were also recovered within the Command and in different locations, including Abuja, Port Harcourt and Benin City.

    He further stated that Adebayo, who is notorious for changing of engines and chassis numbers of stolen vehicles, was equally arrested.

    According to him, the suspects, who confessed to the crime, were helping the Police in their investigation.

    He also assured all Lagosians of his resolve to reduce crimes to the barest minimum, while enjoining the public to always avail the Police of actionable intelligence that could help to combat crimes.

    Explaining his role in the crime, the third suspect, Adebayo, said: “I am from Epe in Lagos State. I am a panel beater and I live in Idimu. I am married to two wives and I have eight children. I really committed the offence in ignorance. It was one of my customers, Alhaji Balogun, a car dealer who used to give me the job of changing car engines and chassis numbers. He pays me N25,000 for every job that I do for him.

    I used these markers to erase original engine/chassis numbers and replaced them with new numbers, using the same markers. I have been in this job for four years now. I became a landlord from the money I made from it. The house is in Ayobo, a Lagos suburb. I have lost count of the number of vehicles I have changed their engines and chassis numbers.

    Another suspect, Moses, said: “I am from Liberia. I came to Nigeria in 2013 as a refugee. I also snatched a Honda Accord car belonging to my boss. I have only snatched four cars since I started working as a driver. I collected cars from Victoria Island, Lekki, Magodo and Ikoyi, among other places.

    “I was arrested in a bank in Uyo. I had tried to use an ATM card, but the money was not dispensed; so, I went into the bank to meet with a customer care officer. In the process, they alerted SARS operatives who laid ambush and arrested me, as I wanted to leave the bank.

    “I did not put any price on the cars I gave to buyers. But my concern was just to bring the cars, with the assurance that they would give me reasonable money.”

    One of the victims , Engineer Dipo Ashafa, whom Aderanti handed over the key of his recovered vehicle, commended the Police for the good work and urged them to continue to do more, adding that it would go a long way in building the confidence of the members of the public in the Nigeria Police.

  • 40 cars recovered as Oyo police arrest 20

    40 cars recovered as Oyo police arrest 20

    The police in Oyo State have arrested 22 robbery suspects.

    Police Commissioner Kola Sodipo, at a briefing, said the police recovered 40 vehicles.

    He said: “On July 22, a pastor reported at Sanyo police station, Ibadan that on July 21 at 11:45pm, four robbery suspects with cutlass and guns stole his laptop, IPad, phones, N140,000, Toyota Corolla and Mercedes Benz car.

    “Nine suspects were arrested. They include Ayodele Ademola, Oluwatobi Afolabi, Olufemi Morakinyo and Azeez Rafiu.

    “On September 30, detectives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Oyo, arrested others.

    “They are Enoch Adebisi, Sunday Awoniyi, Akintomide Samson, who were their perceived receivers.

    “Olorunfemi Thompson and Olamide Tosin allegedly altered the registration numbers of the stolen vehicles.

    “The pastor’s Toyota Corolla was recovered from them along with 21 other vehicles.”

    Sodipo added: “On September 29, some robbery suspects robbed a man, Tajudeen, of his car at Olodo area of Ibadan.

    “On their way, they ran into a shop and the car got stuck. Youths in the area apprehended one of the suspects, Tofunmi Sadiq, with a black toy pistol.

    “This led to the arrest of other gang members in Lagos with six cars. They are: Funso Jeffery, Sunday Okoroji and Joe Uchedundu.

    “On October 1, three suspects- Fred Okunu, Ayo Akinola and Taiwo Fashina- were arrested with five vehicles around Alakia.

    “On October 6, Amaechi Obi and Sola Adebola were arrested at Salvation Army, Ibadan with Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) cables.

    “Two days later, we also arrested a student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ayo Ahmadu, at Apata junction with 69 mobile phones.

    “The suspects will be charged to court after we conclude our investigations.”

  • Police arrest robbery suspects

    Police operatives have arrested four suspected armed robbers in separate locations in the Lagos metropolis. They were arrested by policemen attached to Aguda and Surulere Police stations.

    Confirming it yesterday, police command spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), said: “On Tuesday at about 1am, policemen attached to Aguda Division were assisted by a security guard at Kilo Bus Stop Surulere to arrest three armed robbers.”

    She gave the names of the suspects as: Opeyemi Awelewa of 3A, Karomi Street, off Adedeji Street, Itire; Ogunsani Abeeb of 31, Owoseni Street, off Kilo Aguda and Gbenga Ikujorimi of 1, Odunsi Street, Lawanson in Surulere.

    They were arrested for allegedly robbing Jude Adewo, who resides at 49, Adetola Street, Aguda, Surulere of N6,000, one dollar and two handsets at Kilo Bus Stop, Surulere.

    Braide said efforts were being intensified to arrest other fleeing members of the gang, adding that the case was under investigation at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba.

    She akso said that “a robbery suspect, Rasheed Adeshina of 13, Taiwo Street Idi-Araba, was arrested on Itire Road, Surulere, with a knife by neighbours and handed over to the police.

    “The suspect with three others at large, armed themselves with guns and knives allegedly robbed residents of 21, Itire Road in Surulere of their money and phones. The case is under investigation at the Surulere Division”.