Ogun Police Tell How Robbers Tamper with Generator to Lure Victims Out …2 Held in Failed Attempt

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The police in Ogun State have told how a security-conscious woman thwarted attempts by two suspected armed robbers who tried to gain entry into her home by tampering with the power generator.

 

According to the police, 22-year-old Akindele Ramon and Paul King, 20, were arrested following a distress call received from the victim identified as Busola Oke Salako at about 11 pm that her house at Unity area of Iyesi Ota in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of the state was under the siege of armed robbers.

 

A statement from the state police spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, says: “On receiving the call, the DPO Onipanu Division, SP Sangobiyi Johnson, quickly mobilized his anti-robbery men to the scene where the two suspects were promptly arrested with the help of members of the Community.

 

“The victim, Mrs Busola Oke Salako, explained to the Police that she was inside the house with her housemaid when her generator suddenly went off, which prompted her to ask the housemaid to go and check what the problem was. Immediately the girl opened the door, the two marauders held her and covered her mouth with cloth and threatened to kill her if she makes noise.

 

“The screaming of the maid when she was suddenly grabbed alerted the woman who quickly bolted the door from the back before making a distress call to the police and some members of the Community.

 

“On interrogation, one of the suspects, Akindele Ramon, disclosed that it was Paul King who gave information about the victim to him and one Raphael Solarin now at large. He stated further that Paul King lives in the same neighbourhood with the victim which gave him the opportunity to know more of her movement.”

 

Police said that one UTC knife and one ordinary knife were recovered from the suspects.

 

Oyeyemi added that the Commissioner of Police (CP) Ahmed Iliyasu had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to FSARS for discrete investigation and prosecution.

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