A member of an armed robbery gang has lost his life in a shoot-out with policemen from the Ogun State Police Command in the early hours of Friday, July 16.
The gang was said to be operating on the Shagamu/Ijebu ode expressway when the police, responding to a distress call, engaged them in a shoot-out.
According to a statement by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, the DPO Odogbolu Division, SP Awoniyi Adekunle, and his men were on a joint patrol with a team of military men, when they got the distress call that armed robbers numbering about seven had blocked the road around Southwestern University, and were dispossessing people of their belongings.
”Upon the distress call, the DPO and his team moved to the scene, but as soon as the armed robbers sighted them, they engaged them in a gun duel which lasted for about forty-five minutes.
“At the end of the encounter, one of the robbers was arrested with severe bullets wounds while others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot wounds.
“The arrested suspect gave up the ghost on the way to the hospital,” Oyeyemi said.
He added that the commissioner of police CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, commended the quick response and bravery of his men, and directed that the entire area be properly combed in a bid to apprehend the escaped members of the gang.
The CP has also appealed to members of the public especially the hospital, to alert the police, if anybody with gunshot injury is seen in their facility.
