Oyo: Police arrest suspected armed robber following attack on okada rider

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a suspected equipped robber and recovered a stolen motorcycle pursuing an alleged onslaught connected a commercialized motorcyclist successful the Apata country of Ibadan.

According to a connection by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, the bid received credible accusation from a public-spirited national that a commercialized motorcyclist, identified arsenic Muhammadu Kamilu, had been attacked by a rider who allegedly struck him with an robust hammer earlier making distant with his Bajaj Boxer motorcycle.

The constabulary said operatives of the command’s Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) were instantly deployed to the scene, starring to the apprehension of the suspect, Shafiu Nuhu, and the betterment of the stolen Bajaj Boxer motorcycle with registration fig AJW 842 QU. An robust hammer allegedly utilized successful the onslaught was besides recovered.

The bid said the commercialized motorcyclist sustained injuries during the assault. It added that Nathaniel Ibrahim, a adjuvant passerby who attempted to rescue the victim, was besides injured.

Both men were taken to a adjacent hospital, wherever they received aesculapian attention.

Police further disclosed that during interrogation, the fishy allegedly confessed to operating arsenic a lone ar...