Republic who was alleged to be a notorious cross-border
armed robber has been arrested by the Oyo State Police
Command after several robbery attacks. Before his
arrest, he and other members of his gang had thought
they were invincible. To him and members of his gang, the
proverb which says all days are the thief but one day is for
the owner was nothing but mere wishful thinking that
would never come to play in their own case.
But, their oracle seemed
to have fallen into a deep
sleep when the long arms
of the law caught up with
them. While parading the
suspect along with other
suspected criminals at the
state police headquarters,
Eleyele, Ibadan, the Oyo
State Commissioner of
Police, Mr Leye Oyebade
said the arrest of the
suspects was as a result of
their renewed effort to
dislodge criminal elements
and dismantle their operational bases in the state.
He told Vanguard how the suspects were arrested through
effective intelligence. He said, “a criminal gang of cross
border hoodlums domiciled in the neighbouring Benin
Republic stretched their luck too far when they
clandestinely entered the state and unleashed mayhem
on innocent citizens.
They did this by snatching at gun point a Toyota Corolla
with registration number BDG 238 DR from one Kafo
Musiliu at Odo Ona area of Ibadan”.
The same gang, according to him, also snatched from one
Dr. Alonge Funto , a Toyota Hilux vehicle marked LSR 261
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