The Ogun State Police Command has dismissed three of its personnel for alleged armed robbery and forcefully extorting money from motorists along Sagamu-Ososa axis of the busy Ijebu-Ode-Benin expressway.
Penpushing reports that the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu who paraded the suspects at Eleweran Police Headquarters, explained that the command had earlier conducted orderly room trial and subsequently dismissed them.
The police boss who gave identities of the dismissed police officers as include CPL Idowu Sunday, Inspector Taiwo Kolawole and Inspector John Ogbe, added that the suspects would soon be charged to court.
Penpushing further reports that he said on January 12, 2024 at about 0845hrs, one Kashimao Emmanuel of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) Ijebu-Ode reported at the station that while he was driving in his Toyota Venza car, with registration number LSD 813 EX brown in colour, that he came across a gang of four armed men and one of them was putting on police round neck camouflage.
The commissioner said the complainant added that three others were on mufti, and they demanded for his phone, which he calmly declined, adding that in the process, one of them fired a shot into the air and that was when he complied.
Penpushing also reports that the victim said the suspects entered into his car and took him away towards Sagamu expressway, explaining that on getting to Ososa, they made a U-turn to Ijebu-Ode, where a sum of N320,000 was forcefully transferred from his account to an Opay account number 9097829766.
The Commissioner said upon the receipt of the report, the Divisional Police Officer quickly made a call to the Opay account number where it was discovered that the Opay account number belongs to a POS operator in Ijebu-Ode.
Penpushing reports that Alamutu stated that the Divisional Police Officer then gave instruction that on no account should the POS operator give out the money transferred to him to anyone who comes for it, and that the operator should tactically delay anyone who comes for the money pending his arrival.
The Commissioner added that on getting to the POS shop at Ibadan garage, one force number 513707 Cpl Idowu Sunday attached to Ijebu-Ife was met waiting to cash the money and was promptly arrested, and while taking him to the station, he sighted his accomplices. namely AP/No 341113 Inspector Taiwo Kolawole, AP/No 309292 Inspector John Ogbe both were attached Ijebu-Ife division, and one civilian, Adesiyan Mathew who happened to be the driver was also arrested.
Penpushing further reports that the police boss disclosed that exhibits recovered from the suspects include six rifle with breach number 23286, with 10 rounds of live ammunition, one AK47 rifle with breach number 804274, with six rounds of live ammunition, as well as one Toyota Cammry Car with registration number APP 684 DX
‘In course of investigation, two other complainants who were victims at various times came forward and identified them to have earlier robbed them of their belongings in the same manner. The 3 Policemen have been tried in orderly room and dismissed. They will be charged to court soonest’, Alamutu emphasised.
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