By Wilson Adekumola
The operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have nabbed one robbery suspect while one trade was killed by the armed robbers who stormed the popular phone market in Abeokuta on Wednesday.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Thursday that one of the armed robbers was arrested.
Oyeyemi stated that the armed robbers who invaded the Tarmac phone market located at Oke Ilewo area of Abeokuta could have wrecked havoc if not the quick intervention of the police.
He noted that seven of the armed robbers escaped and he has deployed his men to fish them out.
He said that the about eight of armed robbers invaded the market at about 5:30 p.m, shooting sporadically and dispossessing traders of expensive phones.
Oyeyemi said the robbers were forced to run by the combined fire power of the police and Amotekun Corps, led by the Divisional Police Officer, Ibara Division, CSP Abayomi Adeniji.
”On sighting the policemen, the robbers engaged them in a gun battle, but due to the superior fire power of the policemen, the hoodlums took to their heels.
”They were hotly chased and with the assistance of the market men, one of the robbers later identified as Adeniji Sakiru, 32, was apprehended.
“Unfortunately, one Dayo Bankole, a trader in the market, who was shot by the robbers gave up the ghost while receiving treatment at General Hospital Ijaye, Abeokuta,” he said.
According police, items recovered from the suspects include double barrel locally made gun and charms.
However, the outgoing Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba, has directed that the suspect be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for thorough investigation.
He ordered his men to ensure they arrest the fleeing members of the gang and make them face the wrath of law.
Mba urged members of the public and hospitals to inform the police of anybody with gunshot injury.
