Four suspected members of a robbery syndicate terrorising Ota and its environs in Ado-Odo/Ota LGA of the state have been arrested by the Ogun police command.
The suspects identified as Sherrif Kamoru, 28, Rabiu Seyidu, 37, Opeyemi Adebayo, 26 and Ajibola Fakolade, 21, were arrested following a complaint at Sango divisional headquarters by one Adeleye Sunday.
The complainant reported that he was attacked by some armed hoodlums in the Joju area of Ota. He told the police that the hoodlums took away his phones, inflicted injuries on him with machetes, and later transferred the sum of N600,000 from his account using bank apps on the phone.
The police spokesman in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi said after the complaint was made, the DPO Sango Ota division, CSP Saleh Dahiru, detailed his detectives to technically trace the suspects and bring them to justice.
Oyeyemi said;
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“The detectives swung into action, and acting on credible intelligence, the hideout of the suspects was located and four of them were apprehended.
“Recovered from them are one cutlass, one Techno POP 2f belonging to the victim and a nose mask used by one of them during the operation.”