Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested four suspected robbery suspects who specialised in snatching motorcycles at gunpoint.
The suspects, Muhammad Adamu, 20; Okacha Alidu, 22; Yusuf Mohammed, 28; and Muniru Sunmaila, 20; were arrested following a distress call received at the Ajuwon police divisional headquarters.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Wednesday, said the police were hinted around 3am on Monday that the suspects attacked one Sunday Doile at the Onibudo area of Akute and snatched his Bajaj motorcycle at gunpoint.
He said, “Upon the distress call, the DPO, Ajuwon division, SP Andrew Akinseye, quickly mobilised his patrol team and moved to the scene.
“On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums, who were about six in number, took to their heels, while one of them escaped with the snatched motorcycle. Others were hotly chased and four among them were apprehended.
“On interrogation, they confessed to being the syndicate responsible for various cases of motorcycle snatching in Ajuwon and its environs.
“They confessed further that their mode of operation is to use a motorcycle belonging to one of them to cross the one they want to snatch, and they will show their gun to the victim and order him to surrender his motorcycle.
“According to them, any of their victims who struggle with them will be hit on the head with an iron rod, and the motorcycle will be taken away, while the owner is unconscious. They claimed to have killed one of their victims in the process.
“Recovered from them were two locally-made pistols, one iron rod, one cutlass, one live cartridge, three expended cartridges and assorted criminal charms.”
