Three suspected armed robbers, Ahmed Isiaha, Sunday Ajibola and Jimoh Wahab, have been arrested in Apomu community in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The suspects, and one other at large, were said to have terrorised the area and environs for months.
Narrating what led to the arrest in a statement on Wednesday, police spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said men of the force received a distress call that a 4-man gang had invaded the community and were dispossessing residents of their belongings.
“Upon the distress call, the DPO Ewekoro division, CSP Jacob Olayemi, quickly mobilized his patrol team and moved to the scene.
“On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums took to their heels but they were hotly chased and with assistance from members of the community, three amongst the hoodlums were arrested,” Abimbola said.
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The statement added that one locally-fabricated double barrel pistol, five live cartridges, one expended cartridge, one Bajaj motorcycle with registration number TTN 975 VU, one TVS motorcycle with registration number JBD 353 W and some criminal charms were recovered from the gang.
The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for investigation.