Two serving soldiers have been arrested by the
Ondo State police command over alleged
involvement in a robbery.
The force men and four other suspects were arrested
last Monday on the Akure/Owo Expressway in Emure
Ile, in the Owo Local Government Area of the state.
The identities of the soldiers, who were paraded at the
headquarters of the command in Akure on Wednesday,
were not revealed.
But the other suspects were identified as Jacob Amos ,
Moses Aleka, Iliasu Suleiman and Jaiyeoba Ojo .
Speaking on the arrest, the state Commissioner of
Police, Mr. Gbenga Adeyanju, said the suspects
arrested following a tip-off.
He said, "Upon the receipt of the information that some
boys were backing the highways in order to rob or
kidnap, the DPO, SP Sanni Lasisi, and four others,
swung into action. Along the line, one Jacob Amos was
arrested and brought to the station for interrogation. He
confessed to the crime.
"He later took the police to where members of the gang
reside in Shagari village, Akure. On getting to the place,
five of the robbers were arrested, while three escaped."
Adeyanju said two of the arrested suspects said they
are private officers in the Nigerian Army, the claim he
he the command is investigating.
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