Crime

Five robbers raid alfa and his wife, hide in their herbalist’s house, get nabbed by Ogun Police

Published

February 18, 2020

The Police in Ogun State on Tuesday arrested five suspected robbers who hid at their herbalist house after an operation.

WuzupNigeria reports that the suspected robbers were arrested after unleashing terror on the residents of No 1 Akorede estate, Olomoore behind Crescent University Abeokuta on 21 January 2020.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Tuesday, named the suspects as Tosin Adebanjo, Toheeb Ogundare, Ahmed Oloyede, Emmanuel Ogunshina a.k.a Emma SARS, Adebisi Remilekun and the herbalist, one Sukanmi Ogundimu.

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Oyeyemi said the suspects invaded the house in the midnight armed with cutlass and inflicted various degree of cutlass injuries on one Alfa Rifhat Ashraf.

He added that the suspected robbers also dispossessed the victim and his wife of five different types of handsets, one laptop, a sum of N60,000 and other valuables.

The PPRO said,

“On receiving the report, the Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson gave a matching order to the DPO Lafenwa Division CSP Muraina Ayilara to go after the hoodlums and bring them to justice.

“In compliance with the CP’s directive, the DPO and his operatives commenced intelligence and technical investigation of the case which led to the arrest of one member of the gang.

“The arrested gang member led the operatives to the house of a herbalist at Olomoore area of Abeokuta which serves as hideout to the gang.

“On getting there, the place was cordoned off but surprisingly the hoodlums attacked the police with cutlass consequent upon which one of them was shot, and five others were arrested, along with the herbalist.

“Recovered from them are one laptop, five different types of handsets, one cutlass and charms.

“The gang leader who is popularly known as ‘’AK” escaped and a serious manhunt has been launched to effect his arrest.

“The victims have identified some of the arrested culprits as those who invaded their house on that fateful day.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police CP Keneth Ebrimson has ordered the transfer of the suspect to Special Anti-Robbery Squad for discreet investigation.”