Ogun police arrest three for
killing nine persons
The men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three members of a gang of armed robbers/cultists alleged to have involved in the killings of no fewer than nine persons in the Ijoko area of Sango Ota.
They also arrested a landlord, Oludayo Adekunle, for stealing a car, Toyota Carina E; with number plate LNB 961 BU belonging to another landlord in Sagamu.
Parading the suspects and eight others on Monday at the Command Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state Commissioner
of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, gave the name of the robbers/cultists Razak Ogundairo (25), Idowu Tijani (45) and Raimi Ogunkunle (25).
of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, gave the name of the robbers/cultists Razak Ogundairo (25), Idowu Tijani (45) and Raimi Ogunkunle (25).
He said the suspects who belonged to the same robbery gang and cult group had confessed to committing the crimes, adding that they had been terrorising the people of Ijoko area for seven years.
He said, “The arrest of the suspect who confessed to killing five persons in Ijoko area led to the arrest of the two members of the gang.Ali said a team of Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the state stormed their hideout at Ijoko and arrested Ogundairo, who is said to be the ring leader, with one double barreled cut-to-size pistol and one single barreled pistol with fourteen live cartridges and two expended cartridges.
“The leader of the gang, Idowu Tijani confessed to killing four people who were; one Soje Babajeje and one Agali all in Ijoko area of Ota.”
Also paraded were four suspects who allegedly attacked two riot policemen and snatched their rifles at Agric Area in Ikorodu, Lagos State in October 2013.
He said the men of Special Anti-Robbery Squad from the state recovered the two stolen arms, and arrested the four suspects.
The items recovered from them were one AK47 rifle with serial number 348417 and nine rounds of live ammunition, one Type 06 rifle with serial number 07010583 and one automatic pump action gun with serial number 42716.
Ali said the suspects arrested were 35-year-old Sulaiman Lekuti aka Epe Sule, Semiu Alaka aka Ese Sobo (39), Azeez Gbolahan aka Eniba (45) and Teslim Adetunji aka Tessy (43).
The police also parade another set of four suspects arrested by SARS operatives for allegedly stealing a Bajaj motorcycle with number plate DBG 652 UZ at gunpoint along Ode-Remo Road.
The arrested suspects were Muhammed Ibrahim, Ogunjirin David, Muda Yaya, and Adebayo Segun.
One locally made cut-to-size gun, one live cartridge, one Bajaj motorcycle with number plate DGB 652 UZ and assorted charms were recovered from the suspects.
The landlord, Adekunle was paraded for alleged theft of a car and burglary in Ewu Oluwo Area, Sagamu.
The suspect allegedly broke into the house of another landlord, Saka Opeoluwa and stole his car and a cash of N130, 000. He allegedly took the car to Akoko, Ondo State, where he was arrested while trying to sell it.
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