Olusegun Ariyo
Operatives of the Ogun State Security Network codenamed Amotekun, have foiled a robbery incident on the Odogbolu corridor of the Sagamu, Ijebu-Ode expressway, Ogun State.
The incident which happened in the early hours of Sunday, had one of the suspects gunned down and another identified as Amechie Okoro, arrested during a gun duel with operatives of the Corps.
This was contained in a statement
signed by the Corps Commander, Brigadier General Alade Adeditgba (retd) and made available to Urban Express News Online in Abeokuta.
According to the statement, the arrested suspect led the operatives of the Corps to their hideouts which led to the arrest of one Micheal Oko, another gang member who had earlier escaped from the crime scene.
The Corps commander added that on interrogation, Okoro confessed to having just been released from Ikoyi prison last week Monday, while Micheal Oko said it was the ring leader called Awuha that initiated him into the group.
Items recovered from them include a sum of N113,050, 1 motorcycle registered as Lagos KTU 668, 12 different types of phones, 2 locally made pistols, 1 silver wristwatch, and 1 red headphone.
Adeditgba noted that the corpse of the suspect was evacuated and deposited at the Ijebu-Ode General Hospital morgue by the police.
He said the two arrested suspects will be transferred to the police for further investigation and likely prosecution.
