Man arrested after robbing POS operator, killing other in Ogun

The police in Ogun State have arrested a 28-year-old man, Moses Ayomide, for killing one person and robbing a POS operator.

Spokesman of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Tuesday, said the suspect was arrested following a distress call from the Fadahunsi Ijoko area of Agbado, in Ifo LGA.

He explained that upon receiving the distress call, the DPO of Agbado, Awoniyi Adekunle, led his men to the scene.

He said it was discovered that while the armed robbers were escaping after robbing one Bashirat Anibire, a POS operator, of her bag containing the cash sum of N400,000 and her itel phone, the robbers shot and killed one 25-year-old Qudus Popoola and injured one Faleye Oluwaseun.

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He further said the robbers were chased with the help of the youths of the area and that one of them, Moses Ayomide, was apprehended, while the others escaped.

He added that, “Preliminary investigation revealed that the robbers who were three in number came on a motorcycle without light at about 7pm and attacked Bashirat Anibire who was just closing from her POS shop.”