See Oyo Robbers That Steal Women Underwear (Photo)

 

Scores of people who besieged the Oyo

State Police Command headquarters,

Eleyele Ibadan where some robbery

suspects and others were paraded, could

not believe their eyes seeing women’s

underwear and other personal effects

being displayed as part of items allegedly

stolen by four able bodied suspected

burglars from a shop at Sango area of

Ibadan.

The suspects had successfully burgled the

shop and allegedly stolen the items, but

they ran out of luck as vigilant policemen,

through intensive investigation, traced

them to their hideout at Apete area in Ido

Local Government Area of the state.

The men whose names were given as

Godbless Oluku, 26, Alaka Babatunde, 23,

Benjamin Ocran Segun 18, and Jamiu

Alabi, 38, up to the time they were being

paraded alongside other suspects could still

not believe how the long arm of the law

caught up with them after leaving the

scene of the burglary.

While they were sad that they would likely

spend some time behind bars if found

guilty of the offence, the owner of the

burgled shop was full of thanks to the state

police command led by the Commissioner

of Police, Mr. Adeleye Oyebade for their

hard work which led to arrest of the

suspects and recovery of her wares which

had been carted away by the hoodlums.

While speaking with Vanguard after the

parade of the suspects, Bolanle Ogunmiye

said after the end of sales on Thursday, she

closed her shop and left for her house. But,

unknown to her, the hoodlums had gained

access to her shop and parked her wares.

She said, “the burglars forced themselves

into my shop between Thursday and

Friday, but I did not know until Saturday.

When I got to my shop on Saturday, they

had emptied it. In my estimate, they stole

goods worth well over N150,000. Among

the items they stole include a point of sale

(POS) machine, cosmetics, women’s undies

and many other things.”

Ogunmiye thanked the police command for

wiping her tears away by recovering all

the items, adding that if not for the

vigilance of the police, the burglars would

have succeeded in stealing the items,

wrecking her life and leaving indelible

scars on her. Only God can tell if she could

have recovered from the loss she would

incur.

One of the suspects who felt reluctant to

talk and stubbornly refused to mention his

name confessed saying, “we went to rob

on Friday and later burgled the shop at

Sango. We were caught by men of Oodua

Peoples Congress who later handed us over

to the police”.

He also confessed being an ex-convict for

stealing and that he found it extremely

difficult to quit stealing after serving a six

month jail term because there was nothing

he could do.

CP Oyebade said, “On September 27,2015 at

about 1700 hours while Special Anti-

robbery Squad of the command was on a

routine patrol of the town, it intercepted

two notorious burglars at Apete area of

Ibadan.

Through a well coordinated, discreet

investigation, property stolen from shops

earlier burgled at Sango area, Ibadan were

recovered in the houses of the suspects.

According to him, the items include 50

pairs of assorted shoes, 15 pairs of female

pants, 8 wristwatches, 6 necklaces, one big

iron cutter, two POS credit card machines

and 41 unused Etisalat sim cards.

Among the thirteen suspects paraded

include alleged robbery syndicate from

whom dangerous weapons were recovered.

The state police boss explained that the

“command’s commitment to visibility

policing through intensive patrol and stop

and search manifested in the arrest

recently of a gang of armed robbers who

until their arrest were responsible for the

spate of robbery attacks in Ibadan

metropolis and its environs.

The robbery syndicate had planned to

carry out other robbery operations in

some parts of the state when an anti crime

team of the Alakia/Adenubi Division on

routine patrol of the town intercepted the

gang thereby foiling other robbery attacks

they intended to carry out”.

He noted that four suspects who allegedly

specialized in using motorcycles to rob

victims were arrested in the process and

items found on them include a locally-

made pistol, two live cartridges and

assorted criminal charms.

The names of the suspects, according to

him, are Olayinka Olamide, 24, Kamoru

Opeyemi, 23, Michael Emeka, 24 and

Olaniyi Oyeniyi, 25.

The police also succeeded in apprehending

another gang of suspected robbers who

were fond of snatching motorcycles at gun

point. While explaining how the policemen

accosted the suspects, he told Vanguard

saying, “on September 27, at Olugbon area

of Ogbomoso, two suspected armed bandits

robbed and dispossessed one Simeon

Adeleye of his motorcycle at gun point.

The swift response of the SARS along Oyo/

Ogbomoso/Ilorin road while trying to

transport the stolen motorcycle to their

base in Kwara State. The arrest of the duo

led to the arrest of other members of the

robbery syndicate and recovery of other

motorcycles earlier stolen in a similar

manner. The suspects who have confessed

to incidents of stolen motor cycles in

different locations in the state and other

neighbouring states are helping the police

in their investigation to recover other

property so stolen.

He gave the names of the suspects as

Waheed Kareem, 27, Akeem Salami, 32,

Abdulwasiu Fingba, 24, Fatai Fasasi, 28

and Adam Laaro, 33. As for the suspected

cultists who were arrested by the police,

one of them said they came from Ekiti to

Ibadan to celebrate Sallah before they were

caught.

While confessing that they belonged to

Supreme Eye Confraternity, the suspect

explained how they usually get weapons

adding that the weapons are always passed

on to incoming executive of the cult by the

outgoing leaders.

Dangerous weapons were allegedly

recovered from them. While assuring that

all the suspects would be charged to court,

the CP appreciated the support of members

of the public and enjoined them to

continue to support the police in their

resolve to fight criminality in the state. He

said, “We are determined more than ever

to ensure adequate security for all and

sundry.

Source: Vanguard