Operatives of Ogun State Police command have arrested two suspected armed robbers – Jerry Chuckwedu, 23, and Tomiwa Olawale, 22, for allegedly robbing a gold merchant of gold chains and rings valued at N6m at gun point.
The suspects were arrested following a report lodged at Ogijo divisional headquarters by one Abubakar Hassan.
The complainant told the police that his brother sent him from Idi Araba in Mushin Lagos State to deliver some gold chains and rings worth N6m to his customer at Igbo Olomu area of Isawo.
He said when he got to Isawo, the said customer who was already waiting for him, picked him on a motorcycle and took him to a deserted area where three other persons dispossessed him of the jewelleries at gun point after beating him mercilessly.
The Police Spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, told newsmen on Wednesday that the DPO Ogijo division, CSP Muhammed Suleiman Baba, quickly led his detectives to the scene, and the entire area was thoroughly combed.
He said the efforts yielded positive result when two amongst the gang were arrested while others escaped with their arms.
Oyeyemi said three gold rings valued at N3,121,700 were recovered from them.
He quoted the commissioner of police CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun to have ordered the transfer of the suspects to state’s Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.
Oyeyemi added that the CP also directed that the fleeing members of the gang must be hunted for and brought to book.
