Police arrest 124 suspects, recover exhibits in Ogun

Tamarauemi Ebimini

The police in Ogun State have arrested 124 suspects for various criminal offences in the last three months. The offences range from kidnapping, armed robbery, land grabbing, sexual offences, and cultism.

The state’s Commissioner of Police (CP), Abiodun Alamutu, disclosed this yesterday, while addressing newsmen in Abeokuta on the significant achievements accomplished in their efforts to combat crime headlong as well as address criminal activities in the state.

He noted the remarkable decline in sundry cases of crimes in the past three months, except for the recent cult related crisis/murder that engulfed Sagamu, of which the police are closing in on the perpetrators.

The CP reassured the people of Ogun State that the Command under his watch will continue to be inhabitable for all criminal elements, especially cultists and land grabbers.  He said: “From our last briefing on July 11, the command, in collaboration with other security agencies, have made tremendous progress.

Enumerating some of the achievements, he said: “On August 20, the Divisional Police Officers, Sagamu division arrested one Shuaibu Isa, ‘m’, 21, a resident of Ibadan, Oyo state, who stole a Bajaj motorcycle with registration number “SGM 557 VQ” confessed to have stolen the motorcycle and many more through a unique modus operandi from the central mosque, Ago-Iwoye during prayer sessions.

“Suspect was arrested while trying to dispose of one of the stolen motorcycles, while the case was under investigation.

“On September 20, acting on an intelligence gathering, officers from Sango Ota Area Command stormed the hideouts of the following suspected armed robbers at Papalanto, Ewekoro and arrested one Ogunleye Abiodun, ‘m’, 27, Oladipupo Akeem, ‘m’ 31, Ibrahim Makaila, ‘m’, 25, Mohammed Sanni, ‘m’, 45, and Ali Mohammadu, ‘m’, 40”.

“The suspects have confessed to be members of the armed robbery gang that had robbed and dispossessed one Adeleke Tayo ‘m’, and Adepoju Ola, ‘m’, of one Toyota corolla and Pontiac vibe vehicles respectively. Case is currently under investigation. Exhibits recovered include two cutlasses, a stick and rope.

Alamutu pledged his integrity to relentlessly fight criminality to a standstill. However, he said, the window of renunciation was still open to those willing to quit their membership of various cult groups and other acts of criminality.