Men of the Ogun State Police Command on Saturday nabbed two armed robbers while operating at Shagamu interchange axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The two suspects, Solomon Aghofure and Emmanuel Mathew were arrested when the police patrol team of shagamu division were on routine patrol of the expressway at about 1:30 am.
The suspects and their gang who already positioned themselves at the interchange in readiness for attack on the commuter plying the road, opened fire on the passing patrol team led by the DPO, Okiki Agunbiade.
The team engaged them in shoot out at the end of which one of them sustained gun shot injuries and was subsequently apprehended.
Other members of the gang escaped into the bush abandoning their operational vehicle. The bush was thoroughly combed from where the other suspect was also arrested.
A statement from the command said a police corporal attached to the team sustained gunshot injuries on his leg and was rushed to the hospital for treatment.
“On interrogation, the suspects informed the police that they were five in number in their gang, they gave the names of others as Uche a.k.a two million, Arinze and Uzor.
They further revealed that the three escaped members of the gang are ex-convicts who had served various jail terms in Okitipupa, Ondo state and Shagamu in Ogun state. It was after their prison term they formed the gang and recruited them,” the statement read.
Oyeyemi said the State Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun who praised the gallantry performance of his men had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.
He also directed that the escaped members of the gang be hunted for and brought to justice
