Men of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, popularly known as So-Safe Corps, have apprehended three armed robbery suspects, Abayomi Micheal David, also known as Scofield (37); Sam Oluwatobi (24) and Oluwatosin Atilola, also known as Tosine (37), terrorising the Iroko/Arije axis in Ota.
The spokesman of the corps, Moruf Yusuf, who disclosed this on Thursday, said an emergency call was made to the Iroko/Arije Divisional Headquarters of the corps by the community that armed robbers were threatening the peace of the area as citizens were being robbed of their phones and other valuable items at gunpoint.
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He said that the Ado Odo Ota Zonal Commander, Tajudeen Odunmbaku, gave the officers a mandate to clamp down on the crime suspects and that they swung into action and apprehended three out of the four suspected armed robbers.
He noted that the fourth suspect, Obani Desmond, also known as Kokolet, who remained at large, was not new in the act.
He added that exhibits recovered from the suspects included two pieces of empty and one live Red Star cartridges, one locally made stainless cut-to-size pistol and one motorbike, noting that the suspects and exhibits had been handed over to the police.