Men of the Ondo State Police Command at the weekend foiled a robbery attempt
on a petrol station in Akure, the state capital, and arrested the leader of the
gang.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PRRO), Mr Wole Ogodo, said in a statement that about 3pm there was distress call which was received at Oba-Ile Police Divisional Headquarters that armed robbers were operating at TOTYM Petrol Filling on Km 5 Akure-Owo Road, Akure. Ogodo said on the receipt of the information, policemen from the division spontaneously mobilised to scene. On sighting the policemen, he said the suspected armed robbers fled into the bush.
According to him, after a thorough search, the king-pin of the robbers, one Abraham Haruna of no 15 FC Street, Okene, Kogi State, was arrested and brought to the station. When he was searched, the police spokesman said N41,000, one Techno DI handset with ear piece were recovered from him.
The amount recovered from the suspect, he said, contradicted what the Manager of the filling station, Adedeji Olanrewaju, earlier said that the robbers snatched from the station. According to him, Olanrewaju had earlier said the N150,000 was snatched from the pump attendant, Miss Omolorun Comfort. He added that in a bid to escape, the leader of the gang shot into the air and threw the pistol into the bush.
Efforts, the PPRO said, were on to trace the fleeing suspects. Meanwhile, police have also arrested two suspected motorcycle thieves, Monday Gabriel and Segun Olawale, both of 15 Damusegun Street, Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State. The suspects, who have been terrorising Ibadan, Oyo State, were intercepted with a Boxer Bajaj motorcycle with registration number AAB 662QB by a patrol team at Igbara-Oke Divisional Headquarters, Ondo State, en route Ibuji- Igbara-Odo Road.
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The state Police Public Relations Officer (PRRO), Mr Wole Ogodo, said in a statement that about 3pm there was distress call which was received at Oba-Ile Police Divisional Headquarters that armed robbers were operating at TOTYM Petrol Filling on Km 5 Akure-Owo Road, Akure. Ogodo said on the receipt of the information, policemen from the division spontaneously mobilised to scene. On sighting the policemen, he said the suspected armed robbers fled into the bush.
According to him, after a thorough search, the king-pin of the robbers, one Abraham Haruna of no 15 FC Street, Okene, Kogi State, was arrested and brought to the station. When he was searched, the police spokesman said N41,000, one Techno DI handset with ear piece were recovered from him.
The amount recovered from the suspect, he said, contradicted what the Manager of the filling station, Adedeji Olanrewaju, earlier said that the robbers snatched from the station. According to him, Olanrewaju had earlier said the N150,000 was snatched from the pump attendant, Miss Omolorun Comfort. He added that in a bid to escape, the leader of the gang shot into the air and threw the pistol into the bush.
Efforts, the PPRO said, were on to trace the fleeing suspects. Meanwhile, police have also arrested two suspected motorcycle thieves, Monday Gabriel and Segun Olawale, both of 15 Damusegun Street, Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State. The suspects, who have been terrorising Ibadan, Oyo State, were intercepted with a Boxer Bajaj motorcycle with registration number AAB 662QB by a patrol team at Igbara-Oke Divisional Headquarters, Ondo State, en route Ibuji- Igbara-Odo Road.
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