Men of Ogun state Police command have arrested three members of a robbery syndicate, who specialised in snatching motorcycles.
The suspects, Daniel Akapo, Idowu Ajao Sunday, and Dare Olusegun, were arrested following a distress call received by policemen attached to Ago Iwoye divisional headquarters, that a motorcyclist, one Shefiu Moshood, was being attacked by two men who pretended as passengers and asked him to take them to Oke Erigba village on his motorcycle.
The two suspects, according to a press statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, suddenly stopped him along the road and told him that they were no longer going.
They pretended as if they wanted to give him money only to bring out powdered grinded pepper and robbed it on the eyes of the rider, with the view to snatch the motorcycle from him.
While he was struggling with them, a battle axe fell down from the suspects’ bag, which the victim picked to attack them back.
“While the struggling was going on, the DPO Ago Iwoye division, SP Noah Adekanye, arrived at the scene with his men and some OPC men.
“On sighting the policemen, the hoodlums took to their heels but were hotly chased and the duo of Akapo and Sunday were apprehended.
“On interrogation, they confessed to committing the crime, and they informed the police that it was one Dare Olusegun who asked them to go and snatch motorcycle with the promise that he will help them to sell it somewhere in Ibadan.
“Their confession led to the arrest of the said Dare Olusegun, who also corroborated the statement of the two arrested suspects,” the statement reads.
