Ogun State Police Arrest Female Robber And Her Male Companion For Hijacking N2.7m Beer

“The arrest of the suspects followed a distress call received by policemen attached to the Sagamu Area Command that a yellow truck was hijacked by three armed men while coming from Ilesa, where he had gone to convey Trophy beer, valued at N2,714,000, and that the vehicle’s tracking device indicated that the men were heading for Sagamu with the truck.
“On the strength of the information, the Sagamu Area Commander put all the patrol teams around the area on red alert to be on the lookout for the truck and the armed men.
“The Anti-Robbery team of the area command later intercepted the truck along the Sagamu/Ore Road, where they blocked the truck and successfully apprehended one of the robbers, while the other two escaped with their arms.
“The arrested robber, Saheed Omotosho, disclosed that the product in the truck had been delivered to a receiver. He later led police operatives to the said receiver, Adijat Azeez, at Ode-Remo area, where the product was recovered and the receiver arrested.
“The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered that the suspect should be transferred to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad for discreet investigation with a view to hunting the fleeing members of the gang and bringing them to justice”,