Two armed robbery suspects, Kenneth Akpa and Adebayo Michael who robbed one James John Ushahemba, a resident of Awoyaya, Lagos at gunpoint dispossessing him of his Toyota Camry car have been arrested by men of Ogun state police command.
According to statement from the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Kenneth and Adebayo were arrested following information received by policemen attached to Iperu divisional headquarters that a suspected stolen Toyota Corolla 2008 model was sighted at a mechanic workshop along Ogere/Iperu road where the suspected robbers were making effort to fix the car.
Receiving this information, the DPO Iperu Division was said to have quickly mobilized his men to the scene where the two suspects were arrested and the Toyota Camry with registration number MUS 599 GV was recovered.
The statement disclosed further that the owner of the car, one James John Ushahemba, a resident of Awoyaya, Lagos was contacted and he came down to Iperu.
James, the owner of the car in his statement to the police explained that he was attacked in his home on the 20th of December 2021 at about 1:30 am by two armed men.
He stated further that the robbers robbed him of his Toyota Corolla car, 3 different phones and cash sum of N30,000 at gun point and that it was the vehicle that was sighted in Iperu through technical investigation.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has directed that preliminary investigation should be conducted while the case will be forwarded to Lagos state command where the suspects will be charged to court.
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