FSARS Smashes 8-Man Robbery Gang In Oyo

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The suspect

The suspect

Paul Iyoghojie

Operatives of the Federal Special Anti-robbery Squad,FSARS at Adeniji Adele Road, Lagos Island have arrested nine suspected robbers that have been terrorizing and robbing residents of Bodija Estate, Egbeda and Monatan area of Ibadan, Oyo State.

Police identified the suspects as Ganiyu Kamorudeen Saidi, aka Moscow, 36; the alleged ring leader of the gang, Toheeb Isah, 26, Adeyemi Muritala, 36, Olusegun Olatunde, aka Tunde Dressing, 26, and Waidi Fatunmi, 31.

Others included Oladapo Bayo, 20; Muniru Olododo, 46 and Theophilus Adeyemi Aremu.

Police alleged that nemesis caught up with the suspects when the Deputy Commissioner of police, DCP in charge of FSARS, Ibrahim Kaoje received a tip off from a concerned resident of Ibadan that a suspected notorious robber called Saidi aka Moscow was on his way to Ajah area of Lagos from Ibadan with his gang to rob.

Following the report, Kaoje deployed a team led by DSP Olaniyi Festus in charge of Strike Unit one at the FSARS Lagos to the Lagos- Ibadan highway to trail the suspects and arrest them.

The Police team swooped on the suspects at a filling station near Ibadan where they were buying fuel for their vehicle and arrested eight of them while their alleged amourer managed to escaped into the bush with their guns.

But the Police recovered a locally made cut to size pistol from the gang leader,Moscow on the spot.

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During investigation, according to the Police, all the suspects allegedly confessed to the alleged crime that they had been robbing residents of Ibadan and and its environs and snatching vehicles from their owners in the area for long.

In his alleged confession to the Police, Moscow allegedly stated: “I am the leader of the gang in Ibadan for the past five years and had been jailed for armed robbery and I had wanted to stop robbery when I was released from prison in May this year, but because robbery is already in my blood, I continued to rob before I was arrested again, I promised to stop robbery if I am set free from this case.”

All the suspects were arraigned before an Oyo Magistrate Court sitting at Iyaganku on a six count charge of armed robbery.

Police Counsel, A.O Fadipe informed the Court in charge No MC/1860/2017 that the accused persons while armed with locally made pistols attacked and robbed Comrade Falade Shade of her Toyota picnic bus with No EST 614 ES and Jewelries valued at N12.5m; Jide Olusola of his Toyota Corolla with No.AAA 731BE; Taiwo Abdul Bukola of her N48,000, unidentified person of his Toyota Avensis Car and Ademola Adedeji of his Bajaj motorcycle at Bodija Estate and Egbeda area of Ibadan.

Fadipe said that the offences the accused committed were punishable under sections 6(b), 2(2)(a)(b) and 2(1) of the Armed Robbery and fire arms Act,Cap R11 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria,2004.

The plea of the accused persons was not taken and Chief Magistrate O.O Adisa ordered that the alleged gang leader, Moscow be remanded at the FSARS office, Lagos to assist the Police conclude their investigation.

Adisa ordered that the other seven accused be remanded in prison custody pending DPP’s advice and ajourned the case till 12 January, 2018 for mention.

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