Armed robbery suspect, Waheed Ijiyemi.
An armed robbery suspect, Waheed Ijiyemi, was arrested yesterday by the Ogun State Police Command while on his way to carry out robbery operation.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect was arrested while the DPO Onipanu Division, CSP Bamidele Job, was on routine patrol with his men and sighted the suspect on an unregistered Bajaj motorcycle.
Immediately the suspect sighted the policemen, he abandoned the motorcycle and took to his heels but he was hotly chased and arrested.
The small bag with him was searched and found to contain a cut-to-size locally made pistol with ten live cartridges.
On interrogation, the suspect confessed to being an armed robber and that he was on his way to carry out operation before he was apprehended.
The commissioner of police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation.
