OPC officers in Ogun detain a suspect in robbery

In the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (New Era) have detained a middle-aged man who is thought to be a member of a robbery gang that specialises in robbing unsuspecting pedestrians of their valuables along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The suspect, known only as Tajudeen, was apprehended on Monday at around 7 o’clock while attempting to steal a generating set in the state’s Magboro region’s Oke Afa neighbourhood.

According to reports, he was turned over to officers working out of the Warewa Police Station near the expressway.

According to information obtained by our correspondent, the suspect admitted that he is a member of a gang that operates at the Magboro Bus Stop end of the expressway late at night to rob people of their valuables.

Ogunsolu Olayiwola, the local OPC commander, revealed to our correspondent on Wednesday that in addition to robbing commuters along the expressway, the suspect had also admitted to stealing from a nearby fishpond among other locations.

We were at Oke Afa in Magboro, close to the expressway, when the owner of a store where the suspect was attempting to steal a generator raised the alarm, according to Olayiwola. He attempted to flee by leaping into an unfinished building, but we caught him.

“He admitted to us later that he had been busted stealing numerous times. After that, we brought him to the Warewa Police Station where we turned him over to the officers, who informed us that they would bring charges against him this week.

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“When we asked him about those he operates with, he confessed to us that he has others in the area who specialise in snatching bags, phones, and other valuables along Magboro Bus Stop,” Semiu Oladapo, another member of the OPC team, said.

The suspect named some of his gang members who are still at large in a video that our correspondent saw of him confessing.

When reached, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state police public relations officer, claimed he had not yet received a briefing on the development.