Two nabbed as Ogun police foil hostel robbery, recover 11 iPhones, others

Officers attached to the Ewekoro Division of the Ogun State Police Command person foiled a robbery cognition astatine a pupil hostel successful the Eruku/Agbon area, arrested 2 suspects and recovered stolen property, including 11 smartphones and a laptop.

The suspects, identified arsenic Waris Dauda and Tiamiyu Abiodun, were apprehended astatine astir 2:40 am.

According to a connection issued connected Wednesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, the apprehension followed an anonymous distress telephone reporting that an equipped pack was robbing students successful their hostel wrong the assemblage connected Sunday.

Upon receiving the information, Babaseyi stated that operatives of the Ewekoro Division, led by the Divisional Police Officer, were promptly dispatched to the scene. On sighting the officers, the suspects abandoned their loot successful a schoolhouse container and attempted to flee.

“However, the squad pursued and successfully apprehended 2 suspects, identified arsenic Waris Dauda, male, and Tiamiyu Abiodun, male.

“A hunt of the abandoned container led to the betterment of 11 assorted iPhones, 1 HP laptop and assorted items of clothing.

“Victims of the robbery person since identified their recovered property,” helium stated.

The PRO disclosed that preliminary investigations besides revealed that during the robbery, the pack forced 1 of the victims to...