Three members of an armed robbery syndicate, Toheed Salami, Ibrahim Ismaila and Micheal Abiodun have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command.
The arrest was contain in a press release made available to newsmen by the police public relations officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi who stated that following a distress call received by the DPO Agbara division that armed robbers have invaded idanyin community and have been raiding house to house dispossessing their victims of their belongings and inflicting various degrees of injury on them.
The release further stated that the DPO Agbara division SP Saleh Dahiru quickly led his anti robbery team to the scene and met the robbers attacking the residences of one Barrister Kamieyefa Omosivwe and that of Oluyemi Olajide.
On sighting the police, the robbers launched an attack on them, but they were over powered and three members of the gang were eventually arrested while one of them escaped.
Recovered from them were two locally made short guns. The injured victim has been taken to the hospital for medical attention.
The commissioner of police, CP Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to special anti robbery squads SARS for proper investigation.
