The police have arrested a 26 years old man, Segun Azeez while in the act of carrying out a robbery operation with others who are now at large.
Acording to DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Police Command, the suspect was arrested following a tip off received by policemen at Sango Ota Divisional Headquarters that armed robbers were planning to attack Agoro community of Sango Ota.
The DPO of Sango Ota Division, SP Saleh Dahiru, who received the information, quickly moblised his patrol team and moved to the suspects’ hideout at Abanikole Junction where the suspect was nabbed while other members of his gang escaped.
Recovered from the arrested suspect are one locally made double barrel pistol and one live cartridge.
On interrogation, the suspect confessed that he was planning with other members of his gang to attack some houses in Agoro community before police swooped on them and got him arrested.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.
He has also directed that other members of the gang must be hunted down and brought to book.
