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Operatives of the Anti-Robbery Team of the Ogun State Police Command person arrested 2 suspected equipped robbers and recovered 3 locally made pistols and 18 unrecorded cartridges successful a follow-up cognition crossed Ogun and Lagos states.
The suspects, identified arsenic Adeyinka Onakomaya, 46, and Olayiwola Kehinde, 48, were apprehended for their alleged engagement successful equipped robbery, carjacking and unlawful possession of firearms.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, successful a connection connected Wednesday, said the breakthrough followed months of sustained quality gathering aft the betterment of a stolen reddish Toyota Matrix successful April 2026.
According to him, the conveyance was linked to an equipped robbery incidental reported successful April, prompting detectives to grow their investigation, which led them to the hideouts of the suspects.
Babaseyi stated that Onakomaya was tracked to the Babaode country on Idiroko Road, Ota, successful Ogun State, portion Kehinde was arrested successful the Command country of Lagos State.
He disclosed that preliminary investigations revealed that the 2 men, alongside different pack members, masterminded the April robbery and were besides linked to a bid of convulsive conveyance snatchings successful Ota, Iju, Babaode and Atan areas of Ogun State.
“Upon their arrest, a thorough hunt led to the betterment of 3 locally made pistols and ...
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