So-Safe Corps Nab Armed Robber In Ogun

A suspected armed robber, Ibrahim Oluwaseun who attacked a commercial motorcyclist, Bamidele Mujeeb, with a toy gun has been arrested by operatives of the So-Safe Corps in Ogun State.

The 22-year-old suspect, a resident of Olorogbo Compound, Asheko/Ibatefin Area of Ipokia Local Government, Ogun State, was arrested on Friday by the operatives.

This was disclosed in a statement by the state commander of the So-Safe, Soji Ganzallo on Sunday.

The statement revealed that the suspect pretended to be a passenger and hired the motorcyclist to convey him from Aferiku Street, Idiroko to Obalana Street, along Bebe road, leading to the Republic of Benin.

Ganzallo said that the suspect, who was on a robbery mission, later instructed the bike man to go through a narrow route that leads to the same destination.

He said “The suspect then brought out a gun, later discovered to be a toy gun, and commanded that the rider surrender himself and the bike or lose his life.

“At the scene, the So-Safe patrol team, Idiroko division, led by CSC Abdulkareem Muhammad, who witnessed the funny act, pounced on the suspect and got him arrested.

“The suspect confessed to the crime during preliminary investigation”, the statement read.