Men of the Ogun state police command have arrested three suspected armed robbers who came from Lagos State to carry out a robbery operation in Ogun state.
A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the three suspects identified as Samuel Sunday a 20 yrs old resident of Fagba in Lagos State, Adeleke Mustapha a 22yrs old resident of Ajala area of Lagos State and Joel Rotimi a 19 yrs old resident of Taju Bello street Agbado Ogun state, were arrested following a distress call received by the police in Ajuwon from residents of Iju aga area of Ajuwon at about 1:45 am that armed hoodlums numbering about six have invaded the area and dispossessing innocent members of the community of their valuables.
Oyeyemi said upon the distress call, the DPO Ajuwon, SP Andrew Akinseye quickly led his men to the area where the hoodlums who took to their heels on sighting policemen were chased and apprehended.
The police spokesperson added that items recovered from them include a cut to size locally made pistol, four Bajaj motorcycles, weeds suspected to be Indian hemp, two voters card, and two national Identity cards.
