Police Operatives attached to the Special Tactical Squad have arrested a
7-man criminal gang that attacked and robbed three commercial banks in
the South-West States of Ondo and Ekiti between 2019 and 2020, killed
innocent citizens including six (6) policemen and carted away several
millions of naira.
Investigation reveals that the dare-devil armed robbers – Tunbosun Ojo
‘m’ 42years, Ismaila Ojo’s’ 25years, Victor Oyeyemi ‘m’ 36years, Dele
Ariyo ‘m’ 44years, Shola Oladimeji’s’ 50years, Olubodun Folayemi’s’
44years and Adeniyi John ‘m’ 42 years – carried out the robbery of a
commercial bank in Ile-oluji, Ondo State on 7th February, 2020 where
four (4) policemen were killed.
Similarly, they were also involved in the robbery of a Microfinance Bank
in Idanre, Ondo State in December 2019 and a commercial bank at Oye
Ekiti, Ekiti State where two policemen lost their lives.
Efforts are being intensified to arrest other members of the gang still
at large and to recover other sophisticated weapons used in the
operations.
In a similar vein, twenty-three (23) other suspects were also arrested
by the Police operatives for their involvement in various crimes
including armed robbery, kidnapping, illegal possession of prohibited
firearms, car snatching at gunpoint, amongst other offenses.
The following were recovered from the suspects: One (1) AK49 rifle, One
(1) AK47 rifle, two (2) pump action guns, five (5) locally made guns,
nineteen (19) locally made short guns, one hundred and twenty-five (125)
cartridges, one hundred and forty-five (145) AK47 ammunition, locally
fabricated explosives and a Toyota Corolla vehicle with Reg. No. LSR 490
GC. The suspects will be charged to court on the conclusion of
investigations.