Metro
Police kills leader of armed robbery gang, arrests 3 in Oyo
Police operatives in Oyo have killed the leader of a suspected armed robbery gang and arrested three others in the state.
The spokesman for the state police command, SP Adewale Osifeso, confirmed the development while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, on Friday.
Six highway robbers who specialised in snatching motorcycles and cars were among the suspects paraded by the police.
He said suspects allegedly killed one Ogunleye Daniel, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, during the invasion of his residence at Ori-Agogo, Odo-Ona Kekere area of Ibadan on April 29.
Osifeso said the leader of the armed robbery gang was killed during an encounter with the police.
“ A five-man gang of armed robbers invaded the Ori-Agogo area of Odo-Ona Kekere in Ibadan on April 29 at about 1.00 a.m. and robbed several residents of their belongings.
READ ALSO: Police officer dies chasing criminals in Oyo
“They killed ASP Ogunleye Daniel who was attached to the State CID, Iyaganku, Ibadan, and who was a resident of the community, after having robbed him and other members of his family.
“Consequently, detectives from the State Criminal Investigations Department’s Anti-Robbery section immediately swung into action and tracked the suspects, using a mobile phone found at the scene of the crime.
“Three suspects, including their spiritual healer, were arrested, while their gang leader, popularly known as Ogun, who allegedly shot and killed the deceased officer, was neutralised at an encounter with police operatives.
“The suspects during their voluntary confession to the crimes, revealed their criminal receiver popularly known as Iya Alaye. She was tracked and arrested in the Oranyan area of Ibadan.
“Items found with the suspects include two Samsung phones, a 1999 model Hyundai Elantra vehicle, and a cut-to-size locally-made barrel, two wrist watches, two wedding bands, herbal concoction as well as gold and criminal charms.”
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...