A 20-year-old armed robbery suspect, identified as Ridwan Abdulfatai, from Oke Fomo Ilorin has been arrested in Kwara State.
He was arrested alongside two other members of his gang identified as Ibrahim Ridwan Akorede and Aliyu Abubakar Apalado by men of the Kwara State police Command.,
According to the police report, the suspect attacked the students of Kwara State University, at about 3am on October 7.
The spokesman for the Command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued in Kwara on Sunday, October 9.
He said the students were all robbed at their ‘Downtown’ hostel by armed hoodlums and their property forcefully carted away.
“While approaching the suspected hideout of the gang, the team was sighted by the hoodlums and the armed robbers took to their heels, one Ridwan Abdulfatai ‘M’ aged 20yrs, from Oke Fomo Ilorin was arrested by the detectives.
Consequently, the suspect under intense interrogation confessed he is the leader of a robbery gang terrorizing the Malete community and its environs, stating also that he is also a jailbird.”
The Police spokesman disclosed that a preliminary investigation led to the arrest of two other members of the gang, namely, Ibrahim Ridwan Akorede ‘M’ 25yrs of Oke Fomo area of Ilorin, and Aliyu Abubakar Apalado ‘M’ 25yrs, all confessed to the crimes.
Ajayi said the Commissioner of police set up a crack team of detectives comprising the Anti-cultists, Anti-Kidnapping, Anti-robbery, and personnel of Malete Division with the mandate to break the suspect’s foothold and bring the culprits to justice.
