Oyo State Police Command Arrest Suspected Robbers/ Hijackers  ….. CP Adebowale Calls for continued cooperation with officers 

ORU Leonard

Operatives attached to the Monitoring Unit of the Oyo State Police Command in  Nigeria on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 has arrested Suspected robbers and hijackers.

A statement from the Command Spokesperson, disclosed that the arrest was made while on intelligence based anti-crime patrol at Toll Gate area that a trailer loaded with Cigarettes suspected to have been hijacked and diverted by some unknown hoodlums was sighted where the hoodlums were waiting for their criminal receivers at TOLL Gate area, Ibadan.

“In furtherance of the above, the team of operatives immediately swung into action and intercepted (2) Two suspects UMARU SUNDAY ‘M’ and ITOH JOHN ‘ in Possession of (150)One Hundred and Fifty cartons of Cigarette .

“Further investigation led to the arrest of another suspect, PEJU OKANLAWON ‘m’ from whom another (120) One Hundred and Twenty Cartons of the Cigarette were recovered in Lagos State.

“Upon interrogations, the suspect confessed to have assisted the hijackers to move the diverted goods to their criminal receivers in Ibadan where they were arrested.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the hijacked trailer and the goods belong to a Tobacco Company located in Ibadan and the management of the company has confirmed the missing consignment”, Adewale explained.

The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Police Command, CP Adebowale therefore  enjoined members of the public to continue cooperating with officers and men of the Command while in discharging their duties and to be unrelenting with providing credible and timely information capable of nipping crime in the bud at all times.

(NPF Media)