Ogun State police command yesterday paraded 17 suspected armed robbers including six members of the armed robbery gang that allegedly struck banks along Akarigbo road Sabo, Sagamu in the state last month.
The state police Commissioner,Nicholas Nkedeme, told newsmen in Abeokuta that, his men have apprehended six members of the 35-man gang of armed robbers that unleashed terror in Sagamu, on November 24, where three people were killed.
According to Nkedeme, who also paraded other suspected murderers, kidnappers, impersonators and cultists, one of them, Rasheed Ganiyu was said to be in possession of one million, five hundred and fifty one thousand naira (N1,551,000) with his friend identified as Tajudeen Alase by patrol team in Ogere.
The suspects, according to the police boss, were caught with one Toyota Bus with inscription of Lagos State Polytechnic with number plate LA 65 A45, two empty magazines, one live G3 ammunition, one expended ammunition, one Toyota Sienna car with number plate LT 671 EKY and one kit that contained the alleged stolen money.
Speaking with newsmen, one of the robbery suspects, Rashhed Ganiyu denied involvement in the robbery attacks, claiming he was arrested in error.
He however confessed that, he was caught with a kit that contained the huge money with the wrappers with the inscription of some of the banks robbed in Sagamu, saying that, he saw the container somewhere and stole it, not knowing it was a stolen kit.
Also parading two suspects for impersonation, Nkedeme said, the joint patrol team of the command and boarder patrol team of Idi-Iroko intercepted an old Toyota Camry car with number plate DV 854 AAA driven by Ogundare Olayiwola, who dressed in police uniform with the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police, but, the logo on his shoulder showed that, he was a fake officer and was promptly arrested.
The Police boss further disclosed that, another impersonator identified as Gabriel Olagbade was arrested in Sango-Ota during the recent transporters crisis, when he allegedly claimed to be a Deputy Superintendent of Police.
The command also paraded one Joshua Fadebi, 18, for allegedly kidnapping two school children in Ilaro last week.
But, the suspect denied attempting to kidnap the children, saying, he was a commercial motorcyclist, and that he took the children near their school to their houses.
When asked where he was taking them to, Joshua said, he did not know the children and did not know where they were going. He said that, he had to take them to a nearby police station before he was arrested.
The command also paraded one Owolabi Kolade for allegedly strangulating his father to death in Bankole village, in Oja-Odan Yewa North Local Government Area following a disagreement.
And when the suspect was asked why he killed his father, Kolade denied killing his father, saying, he had a disagreement with his landlord that led to his death.
The state police Commissioner,Nicholas Nkedeme, told newsmen in Abeokuta that, his men have apprehended six members of the 35-man gang of armed robbers that unleashed terror in Sagamu, on November 24, where three people were killed.
According to Nkedeme, who also paraded other suspected murderers, kidnappers, impersonators and cultists, one of them, Rasheed Ganiyu was said to be in possession of one million, five hundred and fifty one thousand naira (N1,551,000) with his friend identified as Tajudeen Alase by patrol team in Ogere.
The suspects, according to the police boss, were caught with one Toyota Bus with inscription of Lagos State Polytechnic with number plate LA 65 A45, two empty magazines, one live G3 ammunition, one expended ammunition, one Toyota Sienna car with number plate LT 671 EKY and one kit that contained the alleged stolen money.
Speaking with newsmen, one of the robbery suspects, Rashhed Ganiyu denied involvement in the robbery attacks, claiming he was arrested in error.
He however confessed that, he was caught with a kit that contained the huge money with the wrappers with the inscription of some of the banks robbed in Sagamu, saying that, he saw the container somewhere and stole it, not knowing it was a stolen kit.
Also parading two suspects for impersonation, Nkedeme said, the joint patrol team of the command and boarder patrol team of Idi-Iroko intercepted an old Toyota Camry car with number plate DV 854 AAA driven by Ogundare Olayiwola, who dressed in police uniform with the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police, but, the logo on his shoulder showed that, he was a fake officer and was promptly arrested.
The Police boss further disclosed that, another impersonator identified as Gabriel Olagbade was arrested in Sango-Ota during the recent transporters crisis, when he allegedly claimed to be a Deputy Superintendent of Police.
The command also paraded one Joshua Fadebi, 18, for allegedly kidnapping two school children in Ilaro last week.
But, the suspect denied attempting to kidnap the children, saying, he was a commercial motorcyclist, and that he took the children near their school to their houses.
When asked where he was taking them to, Joshua said, he did not know the children and did not know where they were going. He said that, he had to take them to a nearby police station before he was arrested.
The command also paraded one Owolabi Kolade for allegedly strangulating his father to death in Bankole village, in Oja-Odan Yewa North Local Government Area following a disagreement.
And when the suspect was asked why he killed his father, Kolade denied killing his father, saying, he had a disagreement with his landlord that led to his death.
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