Matilda Omonaiye/
Police on the trail of notorious criminals in Ondo, Osun, and Oyo states have held three suspects who were allegedly receiving stolen goods.
According to police authorities at Zone XI, the suspects identified as 20-year-old Mohammed Umar Sani, Awal Ali, 19, and Waheed Akanmu, 29, were caught with several items stolen from a burgled home in Ore, Ondo State.
The police disclosed in a statement that the Zonal Operations Puff Adder, Zone XI, Osogbo, in furtherance of the mandate of the Inspector-General of Police to clamp down on criminal elements in Ondo, Osun and Oyo states arrested the suspects whose stock-in-trade was to fraternize with notorious armed robbery gangs from which they received stolen items.
The statement says, “Arrest of the suspects at Sabo area, Ibadan, Oyo State and Osogbo, Osun State followed a petition by a victim who was attacked in his house in Ore, Ondo State by a notorious, dare-devil armed robbery gang sometimes in May 2019. The armed hoodlums broke into the victim’s premises at 02:20 am and dispossessed him of his valuables including a Toyota Corolla Saloon car 2010 model, electronics such as plasma TV sets, phones, jewellery and other items at gunpoint.”
Among stolen items allegedly recovered from the suspects are two plasma TV sets, eight assorted phones, two laptop computers, and a gold ring all belonging to various victims.
While Mohammed Umar Sani and Awal Ali were arrested in their criminal hideouts at Sabo, Ibadan, Waheed Akanmu was allegedly nabbed in Osogbo, Osun State.
Commending the Operation Puff Adder team led by its Commander, SP Ayoola Olawala, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone XI, Osogbo, Adeleye Oyebade, mni, charged them to continue to dislodge criminal elements in the entire zone.
He expressed appreciation to members of the public, and the media for their support, assuring that the zone had further reviewed its security strategies and rejigged all investigation and operational units to enable them to brace up to the enormous challenges of fighting heinous crimes in the zone.
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