From Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta
Ogun State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, yesterday foiled a robbery incident on Odogbolu corridor of the Lagos- Benin Expressway in Ogun State.
Corps Commander, Brigadier-General Alade Adedigba (rtd), in a statement, said one of the suspected armed robbers was gunned down by operatives of the command.
Adedigba said another suspect, Amechie Okoro, who was arrested during a gun duel with the corps, led operatives to their hideouts which led to the arrest of another gang member who had earlier escaped from the crime scene.
He said on interrogation, Okoro confessed to have just been released from Ikoyi Correctional Centre last week Monday, while Micheal Oko said it was the ring leader called Awuha that initiated him into the group.
The commander said the arrested robbers are members of the armed gang terrorising Odogbolu axis of Lagos-Benin Expressway
Items recovered from them include one motorcycle with plate number Lagos KTU 668, 12, different types of phones, two locally made pistols, N113,500, one silver wrist watch, and one red head phone .
Adedigba said the arrested robbers, Micheal Oko hails from Anambra State, but lives at No 3, Olufuwa Street Ago Iwoye, while Amechie Okoro who stayed at Agric in Ikorodu, Lagos State and was just released from prison, hails from Onitsha, also in Anambra State.
He said the body of the dead suspect had been evacuated by the police.
The commander added that the arrested suspects will be transferred to the police for further investigation and prosecution.
