Ogun: Teenager, 29- year- old woman nabbed for armed robbery
OPERATIVES of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 19- year- old boy, Nweke Joshua and 29- yearold woman, Chioma Okafor,
for armed robbery. The suspects were arrested on Friday, November 25, 2022, at Adesan area of Mowe.
They were arrested following a distress call received at Mowe divisional headquarters at about 9: 30 p. m., that armed robbers had invaded a food stuff shop, owned by one Johnson Nwokoro at Safari Junction Adesan and dispossessed the owner of the day’s sales.
Upon the distress call, the Divisional Police O Mowe division, Superintendent of Police ( SP) Folake Afeniforo, quickly mobilised the division’s patrol team and the So- Safe corps officials to the scene where the two suspects were arrested.
On searching them, it was discovered that they came to rob the shop with toy guns,
Mwhich looked perfectly like shop owner to hand over all original pistols. money in his possession to On interrogation, the 19them. year- old Nweke Joshua, inHowever, luck ran out of formed the police that it was them when police and SoChioma Okafor, who came Safe corps arrived at the with the idea of carrying out scene before they could esthe robbery operation fo r cape. them to have some money. EANWHILE, the ComHe stated further that it was missioner of Police, Chioma who bought the two ( CP) Lanre Bankole, has ditoy guns and gave him one rected that the suspects be for the operation. transferred to the State They went to the shop and Criminal Investigation and pretended like customers, Intelligence Department but they suddenly brought ( SCIID) for discreet investiout guns and ordered the gation.