40 cars recovered as Oyo police arrest 20

40 cars recovered as Oyo police arrest 20

The police in Oyo State have arrested 22 robbery suspects.
Police Commissioner Kola Sodipo, at a briefing, said the police recovered 40 vehicles.
He said: “On July 22, a pastor reported at Sanyo police station, Ibadan that on July 21 at 11:45pm, four robbery suspects with cutlass and guns stole his laptop, IPad, phones, N140,000, Toyota Corolla and Mercedes Benz car.
“Nine suspects were arrested. They include Ayodele Ademola, Oluwatobi Afolabi, Olufemi Morakinyo and Azeez Rafiu.
“On September 30, detectives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Oyo, arrested others.
“They are Enoch Adebisi, Sunday Awoniyi, Akintomide Samson, who were their perceived receivers.
“Olorunfemi Thompson and Olamide Tosin allegedly altered the registration numbers of the stolen vehicles.
“The pastor’s Toyota Corolla was recovered from them along with 21 other vehicles.”
Sodipo added: “On September 29, some robbery suspects robbed a man, Tajudeen, of his car at Olodo area of Ibadan.
“On their way, they ran into a shop and the car got stuck. Youths in the area apprehended one of the suspects, Tofunmi Sadiq, with a black toy pistol.
“This led to the arrest of other gang members in Lagos with six cars. They are: Funso Jeffery, Sunday Okoroji and Joe Uchedundu.
“On October 1, three suspects- Fred Okunu, Ayo Akinola and Taiwo Fashina- were arrested with five vehicles around Alakia.
“On October 6, Amaechi Obi and Sola Adebola were arrested at Salvation Army, Ibadan with Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) cables.
“Two days later, we also arrested a student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ayo Ahmadu, at Apata junction with 69 mobile phones.
“The suspects will be charged to court after we conclude our investigations.”