These three suspected
inter-state armed robbers who had
robbed a nursing mother of her car
in Ogun State were nabbed
by the police in Ibadan the Oyo
State capital on Monday.
The partners-in-crime were Fatai
Ademola (24), a native of Ikirun,
who resides in Sagamu, Ogun State;
Jimoh Quadri (25), native of Ede;
and Azeez Omotoso (25), a native of
Agbeye, Odo-Otin, but resident in
Kaara area of Sagamu.
The trio had trailed their target, an
unnamed woman to her Sagamu
residence at about 8.30 p.m. on
Sunday night and forcefully
dispossessed her at gun point of her
Toyota Highlander jeep with
registration number KJA 418 AW.
According to the Police
Commissioner, Alhaji Muhammad
Katsina, who was represented by the
Police Public Relations Officer
Adekunle Ajisebutu (DSP), while
parading the suspects Monday at the
Eleyele Police Headquarters, Ibadan,
the suspects had bargained to sell
the jeep to a buyer at Ikirun in Osun
State, and he was anxiously awaiting
delivery of the consignment.
While the woman, names withheld,
was waiting in the car, and her gate
man was busy opening the gate for
her, the gangsters jumped inside the
car.
“Azeez had confessed that he
mounted the steering wheel, and
carried the woman and her child to
the expressway where they were
dumped by the roadside before
driving off.
The trio raced towards Ibadan Road
with the plan of traversing the city
and facing Ikirun,” the PPRO said.
Nemesis, however, caught up with
the armed robbers when they were
arrested at the Iwo Road interchange
in Ibadan in the early hours of
Monday by the ‘Ambush Squad’ of
the Oyo State Police Command.
It was during a stop and search
operation.
According to the police, items
recovered from the gangsters
included one English made cut-to-
size single barrel gun, one kitchen
knife, five cartridges, one Samsung
Duos, one Black Berry Touch 2 and
some charms.
Ajisebutu disclosed that the victim
had already been contacted
following the information collected
from the gangsters and that the
vehicle would soon be released to
her.
