ABEOKUTA– An armed Robber has met his waterloo during an operation along Sagamu-Ikenne expressway on the 6th of December, 2020.
The men of the Ogun State Police Command attending to a distress call made at the Ikenne divisional headquarters that a group of armed robbery gang were operating in between Adelex fueling station and Ladgroup company along the expressway, dispossessing people of their valuables at gun point.
In a statement credited to the police public relations officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the DPO Ikenne division CSP Ndoukauba Onuma responding to the distress call, mobilised his patrol team and personnel of 71pmf to the scene.
On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums engaged them in gun battle consequent upon which one of the robbers was shot dead while others escaped into the bush with varying degrees of gun shot injuries.
A mock gun, a Toyota Corolla car with registration number KNN 84 TD which was snatched from the owner were among items recovered from the scene.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun who expressed satisfaction about the quick response of his men to distress call has ordered massive manhunt for the escaped members of the gang.
He also appealed to the general public especially hospitals and traditional healers to notify the police if they sight anybody with gun shot injury in their area.
The CP therefore assured the good people of the state that the command is determined more than ever to ensure their safety at all time especially as we are approaching the Yuletide season.
