Police paraded a gang of suspected armed robbers that disposed two officials of the Nigerian Customs Service (NSC) of the cars, valuables at Badagry in January .
The suspects were arrested at the Mowo area of Badagry around 1am on Tuesday .
Tunji Adesanya, 33, Rasaq Lawal, 22, Hammed Lawal, 24, Olanrewaju Wasiu, 29, Kenneth Ohmai, 39 and Ibrahim Aliu, 26,, confessed to have robbed Garba Usman and Akubo Ibrahim, on January 1, and January 5 of their Toyota Corolla, 2006 model and Lexus 350 Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) respectively.
After months of tracking the suspects, the police, it was gathered apprehended Adesanya, a native of Odojomo, Ondo State, and Lawal, from Oyo State, who were recently freed from Agodi Prison, Ibadan.They were said to have led detectives to the other suspects, including Wasiu, said to be a notorious cultist.,The Nation reports.
It was gathered that an AK47 rifle, a locally made single barrel pistol, locally made double barrel pistol, four AK47 rifle magasines, 84 live ammunition, a Beretta pistol magasine with 10 rounds of live 9mm ammunition were recovered from them.
According to the police, efforts were on to apprehend other members of the gang,
The suspects were arrested at the Mowo area of Badagry around 1am on Tuesday .
Tunji Adesanya, 33, Rasaq Lawal, 22, Hammed Lawal, 24, Olanrewaju Wasiu, 29, Kenneth Ohmai, 39 and Ibrahim Aliu, 26,, confessed to have robbed Garba Usman and Akubo Ibrahim, on January 1, and January 5 of their Toyota Corolla, 2006 model and Lexus 350 Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) respectively.
After months of tracking the suspects, the police, it was gathered apprehended Adesanya, a native of Odojomo, Ondo State, and Lawal, from Oyo State, who were recently freed from Agodi Prison, Ibadan.They were said to have led detectives to the other suspects, including Wasiu, said to be a notorious cultist.,The Nation reports.
It was gathered that an AK47 rifle, a locally made single barrel pistol, locally made double barrel pistol, four AK47 rifle magasines, 84 live ammunition, a Beretta pistol magasine with 10 rounds of live 9mm ammunition were recovered from them.
According to the police, efforts were on to apprehend other members of the gang,
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