Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested one of the fleeing robbery suspects and recovered two vehicles they abandoned during a gun battle.
The robbers were said to have broken into a warehouse in Ipamesan area of Sango Ota on Saturday and looted some of the items.
When police operatives stormed the place following distress call, the robbers, who had earlier snatched two vehicles from different locations, ran away.
The Divisional Police Officer, Godwin Idehai, and his patrol team chased them to Joju area of Sango Ota where they decided to engage the policemen in a gun battle.
But following the superior firepower of the team, the robbers abandoned two vehicles, a Lexus RS 330 marked FKJ 691 FW snatched from one Dosumu Kazeem and a Toyota Matrix with registration number MUS 835 FW snatched from one Ibrahim Lateef, and took to their heels.
Ogun Police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed these on Sunday in a statement.
He said one of the robbers identified as Henry Obe was arrested in the process.
Abimbola, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said it was also discovered, the suspected criminals had shot a guard attached to the warehouse owned by one Yinka Oduwale, broke into the facility and looted it.
According to him, the guard was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.
He listed a gun, 41 laptops, 2DVD players, two hand phones, three tablets gadgets, one Lexus RS 330 with registration number FKJ 691 FW and Toyota Matrix with registration number MUS 835 FW as items recovered from the robbers.
He quoted the commissioner of police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, as ordering the transfer of the suspect to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence department for discreet investigation.
Ogun: Armed robbers engage police in gun battle, kill guard, snatch vehicles
by Daily Post
Suspected armed robbers, on Saturday, engaged policemen in a gun battle at Ipamesan area of Sango Ota, Ogun State.
A security guard attached to a warehouse owned by one Yinka Oduwale was shot dead while the robbers looted the facility.
DAILY POST learnt that a distress call was received by the DPO of Sango Ota Divisional Police Headquarters, CSP Godwin Idehai, after the incident, prompting him to mobilise his team to the scene.
The robbers, who also snatched two vehicles from different locations, fled on sighting the team.
“On getting to Joju area, and realising the determination of the patrol team to subdue them, they decided to engage the policemen in a gun battle.
“But due to the superior firepower of the policemen, they abandoned the two robbed vehicles, a Lexus RS 330 with registration number FKJ 691 FW snatched from one Dosumu Kazeem, and a Toyota Matrix with registration number MUS 835 FW snatched from one Ibrahim Lateef, and took to their heels,” Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer told DAILY POST on Sunday.
Oyeyemi said the policemen went after the suspects, arresting one of them identified as Henry Obe.
He revealed that one long gun, 41 laptops, two DVD players, two phones, three tablets and two vehicles were recovered from the suspects.