Tuesday, October 15, 2024 -Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three members of a motorcycle-snatching syndicate terrorising the Owode-Egba area of Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area in the state following a reported attack on a resident of Ijemo Kukoyi village along the Shiun-Owode Expressway.
According to Punch, the victim, Rotimi
Bajela, informed the police that the suspected robbers had ambushed him. The
robbers reportedly shot at him, but the shot did not harm him, prompting them
to attack him with a machete.
Odutola recounted, “On 11 October 2024, a
concerned resident provided valuable information that led the police to
apprehend the suspects who attacked one Rotimi Bajela.
“The report indicated that 60-year-old
Rotimi Bajela was leaving Ajura Township and riding towards Ijemo Kukoyi
Village via Owode-Egba on his Boxer Bajaj motorcycle, whose registration number
is not yet known.
“As he travelled along the Ajura/Olojo/Shiun
road, three men emerged from the bushes and assaulted him with a gun and a
machete. During the attack, the assailants shot him; when the gun failed to
harm or kill him, they resorted to hitting him with the machete on his head and
neck, robbing him of his motorcycle, money, and an Itel mobile phone.”
Bajela also identified the suspected
robbers as Adegboyega Sarafa, Soliu Bankole, and Sogo Idris, alias Agbara.
Armed with the identity of the suspects,
police operatives tracked and arrested the trio, recovering a locally made gun
and the machete used in the attack.
Odutola stated, “When the police visited
Bajela at the hospital during their investigation, he confirmed that he
recognised the attackers and could identify them as Adegboyega Sarafa, 42;
Soliu Bankole, 38; and Sogo Idris, alias Agbara, 46.
“All three suspects were arrested on 14
October 2024, and the locally made gun and machete used during the attack were
recovered.”
She concluded that further investigations into the matter have commenced.
23 September three suspected robbers
terrorising the Ejirin community in the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun
State were arrested at their hideout in Lagos State.
Their arrest followed the apprehension of
one member of the syndicate, who had gone to rob the Cele Ejirin community.
Odutola stated that upon the arrest and
interrogation of the first suspect, identified as Qudri Yusuf, he led police
operatives to their hideout in the Idioro area of Mushin, Lagos State, where
two other members of the syndicate were arrested
0 Comments