The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a gang of armed robbers,
including a couple, who allegedly went to rob in an estate at Abule
Lemode in the Ijoko area of the state. A correspondent of Punch gathered
that the four suspects .
Amache and Seun Augustine, Taiwo Dada and Ezekiel Alawode were
apprehended while allegedly robbing at Santos Crescent, Araromi Estate.
They were reportedly arrested at about 9.30pm on Saturday, January 17.
Punch Metro learnt that the suspects, who were in possession of a
locally-made pistol, were first apprehended by the members of the local
vigilance group before they were handed over to the Agbado Police
Division, Ayinla, on Sunday.
The correspondent of Punch gathered that it was the
couple ─ Amache and Seun ─ who had stayed in the estate for about a
year, that allegedly led the gang on the night of the incident. They
were said to have also connived with one of the security men in the
estate. When Punch Metro visited the area on Friday, one of the victims,
Mr. Rasheed Akinwande, said the robbers stole cash and recharge cards
from his house. He added that he knew Amache as a bricklayer in the
estate, but was surprised to know that the couple brought the robbers to
attack the residents. He said, “It was at about 9pm when they got to my
apartment. They were two men and two women ─ Amache and his wife with
another man and woman. But the couple did not come inside my house.
Instead, two strange faces, who wore black jackets and jean, broke
through my windows, and pointed a gun at me. “They asked everyone to lie
down, and they collected money ─ about N6,000 that they found in the
house. They demanded more, and they even packed the recharge cards which
my wife was selling. Few minutes later, we began to hear gunshots in
the environment. The robbers fled. But the local vigilance group
apprehended them eventually.” The General Secretary of the estate’s
community development association, Stephen Adesoji, said the executives
prevented an angry mob from lynching the suspects on the night. He said,
“Two of the suspects were a husband and wife, and they live with us in
the estate. They invited two others to perpetrate the crime. It was the
security man they connived with who later alerted us that robbery was
going on, and we informed the vigilance group.” The correspondent of
Punch was shown the couple’s rented apartment. It was observed that the
place was locked and dusty. Amache, it was said, worked as a bricklayer,
while the woman was a full time housewife, who took care of the union’s
four children. It was gathered that the suspects, in their statements
to the police, had confessed to the crime. The Police Public Relations
Officer, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the arrest. He added that the
suspects had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigations
Department, Eleweran, Abeokuta. He said, “The suspects are now at the
SCID where further investigation is ongoing.”
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