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Police arrest 7-man bank robbers who killed 6 policemen
BY IGWE OKOSO
Police Operatives attached to the Special Tactical Squad have arrested a seven-man robbery gang which killed six policemen while robbing banks in Ondo and Ekiti states between 2019 and 2020.
The robbers attacked three banks, killed innocent citizens and carted away several millions of naira.
A statement Thursday by the Force PRO, DCP Frank Mba, named the arrested suspects as Tunbosun Ojo, 42 years old; Ismaila Ojo, 25; Victor Oyeyemi, 36; Dele Ariyo, 44; Shola Oladimeji, 50; Olubodun Folayemi, 44 and Adeniyi John, 42.
Mba said the all-male gang robbed a commercial bank in Ile-oluji, Ondo State on 7th February, 2020 where four policemen were killed and were also involved in the robbery of a microfinance bank in Idanre, Ondo State, in December, 2019 and another commercial bank at Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, where two policemen lost their lives.
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According to the Force PRO, efforts were being intensified to arrest other members of the gang still at large and to recover other sophisticated weapons used in the operations.
In a similar vein, 23 other suspects were also arrested by the Police for their involvement in various crimes including armed robbery, kidnapping, illegal possession of prohibited firearms, car snatching at gunpoint, amongst other offences.
Mba said the following items were recovered from the suspects: One (1) AK49 rifle, One (1) AK47 rifle, two (2) pump action guns, five (5) locally made guns, nineteen (19) locally made short guns, one hundred and twenty-five (125) cartridges, one hundred and forty-five (145) AK47 ammunition, locally fabricated explosives and a Toyota Corolla vehicle with Reg. No. LSR 490 GC.
“The suspects will be charged to court on conclusion of investigations,” the PRO said.