The Ogun State Police Command, attached to Ilupeju Sabo Division in Abeokuta have arrested some Fulani herdsmen, who robbed residents of Atoba Estate in the Sabo Area of the state capital at gunpoint recently.
The command named Haruna Ibrahim, Usman Burani and Haruna Usman as suspects.According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, residents, who were robbed were able to identify the suspects while rearing their herd of cattle around the area.He said, “The community leaders contacted the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the area, Gbenga Megbope, a Chief Superintendent of Police, who led a team of anti robbery team to the scene, where the robbers were arrested.
“The arrested herdsmen led police to their hideout in a jungle called Igbo Olodumare along Igboora Road, Ogun State, where additional two Fulani herdsmen were arrested and guns with cartridges recovered from them.”Adejobi said other weapons recovered from the suspects included cutlasses, expended cartridges, assorted charms, and dummy guns.
He added that the robbers had been terrorising the people of the area and commuters and other road users, travelling along Igboora and Ayetoro roads before their arrest.Adejobi said the acting Commissioner of Police in the state, Haliru Gwandu, had directed that the matter be immediately transferred to the Department of Criminal Investigation, Eleweran, Abeokuta, for thorough investigation.“He also assured the good people of Ogun State of adequate protection of lives and property and that the command will not relent in its efforts to achieve effective policing of the state,” he added.
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