By Olamide FAKEYE
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, Ogun State Command has dislodged a three man robbery gang specialising in snatching motorcycle in Owode-Egba axis.
Confirming the arrest, the Command spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola stated that, on October 11, 2024, a concerned resident in Owode-Egba provided valuable information that led the police to apprehend the suspects who attacked one Rotimi Bajela.
The report, she said, stated that 60-year-old Rotimi Bajela was leaving Ajura Township and riding towards Ijemon Kukoyi Village via Owode Egba on his boxer Bajaji motorcycle, whose registration number is not yet known.
“As he travelled along the Ajura/Olojo/Shiun road, three men emerged from the bushes and assaulted him with a gun and a machete.
“During the attack, the assailants shot him; when the gun failed to injure, or kill him, they resorted to hitting him with the machete on his head and neck, thereby robbing him of his motorcycle, money, and an Itel mobile phone.
“When the police on investigators visited him at his recovery bed in the hospital, Bajela stated that he clearly recognized the attackers and could identify them as Adegboyega Sarafa, 42, Soliu Bankole, 38, and Sogo Idris, alias Agbara, 46.
“All three suspects were arrested on October 14, 2024, and the locally made gun and machete used during the attack have been recovered.
“The suspects are currently being interrogated, and the crime scene in the Olojo Village bush area has been examined, with photographs taken. Further updates will be shared with the public”, Odutola disclosed.