Police arrest four over alleged truck hijacking in Oyo

Oyo State Police Command has revealed that its men person arrested nary less than 4 radical for allegedly hijacking a motortruck successful the state.

The bid noted that members of the syndicate had been terrorising guiltless citizens successful some Oyo and Kwara states.

The bid made these declarations successful a connection signed by its Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade.

The connection was made disposable to DAILY POST on Sunday.

Ayanlade, successful the statement, explained that the suspects were arrested pursuing credible intelligence.

He added that the suspects specialise successful hijacking, diverting and stealing vehicles.

Ayanlade, who spoke further, explained that efforts are ongoing to retrieve the detached backmost assemblage of the truck.

He besides revealed that the bid is moving to apprehend different members of the syndicate who are inactive astatine large.

Ayanlade said successful the statement: “Acting connected the directive, operatives of the VCRU swung into enactment and successfully intercepted a white-coloured SINO HOWO motortruck and arrested 2 antheral suspects, identified arsenic Ojedokun Olakunle Isaac, the centrifugal lad attached to the operator of the truck, and his accomplice, Ajuwon Ismail.

“The recovered motortruck had already had its backmost body/bucket removed and was being driven towards the Ogbomoso/Ilorin axis for onward transportation and merchantability to a transgression receiver.