Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested four suspects who allegedly stole a man’s telephone and made away with N600,000 in his account through the bank’s app installed on one of the phones.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Monday.
Oyeyemi listed the suspects to include Sherrif Kamoru, 28, Rabiu Seyidu, 37, Opeyemi Adebayo, 26 and Ajibola Fakolade, 21.
He described them as members of a robbery syndicate that has been terrorising Sango-Ota and its environs in the state.
He said the suspects were arrested following a report lodged at Sango Divisional Police Headquarters on March 20, 2023, by one Adeleye Sunday.
According to him, the victim reported that he was attacked by some armed hoodlums around 5.30am in the Joju area of Sango-Ota.
The PPRO said, “Their victim stated further that the hoodlums dispossessed him of his two phones after inflicting a machete cut on his neck.
“Having taken away his phones, the hoodlums siphoned the sum of N600,000 from his account through the bank’s app on the phone.
“Upon the report, the DPO Sango-Ota Division, CSP Saleh Dahiru, detailed his detectives to technically trace the suspects and bring them to justice.
“The detectives swung into action, and acting on credible intelligence, the hideout of the suspects was located and four among them were apprehended.
“Recovered from them are one cutlass, one Techno POP 2f belonging to the victim and a nose mask used by one of them during the operation.”
The PPRO added that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Olanrewaju Oladimeji, has directed that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
