The Ogun State Police Command, on Tuesday, arrested a robbery suspect, Waheed Ijiyemi, while allegedly on his way to carry out an operation.
A statement by the Command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said Ijiyemi was apprehended while on an unregistered Bajaj motorcycle by a team of policemen on patrol, led by the Division Police Officer, Onipanu Division.
“Immediately the suspect sighted the policemen, he abandoned the motorcycle and took to his heels. He was hotly chased and arrested.
“The small bag with him was searched and a cut to size locally made pistol with ten live cartridges was recovered there in.
“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 statement said
Oyeyemi disclosed that the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for investigation.