The Oyo State Police Command has introduced the arrest of six suspected armed robbers and kidnappers in Ikoyi-Ile, Orire Native Authorities Space of the state.
In keeping with a press release issued on Sunday by the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adewale Osifeso, the suspects had been apprehended throughout a coordinated operation carried out on Saturday by operatives from the Ikoyi-Ile Divisional Police Headquarters.
Osifeso stated the operation, which happened round 6:00 am in the Igbo-Awe forest close to Iboran village, was carried out in collaboration with different safety companies and native vigilantes who supplied intelligence assist.
He defined that the suspects had allegedly been terrorising residents of the group earlier than they had been tracked right down to their hideout.
“In the course of the operation, six suspected key members of the armed group had been arrested, and a number of other incriminating gadgets had been recovered,” the assertion learn in half.
The recovered gadgets, in accordance with the PPRO, embody one AK-47 rifle with 15 rounds of dwell ammunition, 4 empty AK-47 magazines, one Infinix Android cellphone, one Itel cellphone, a Nigerian Military jungle hat, one military life jacket, and a set of military camouflage uniforms.
Osifeso famous that the recovered supplies indicated the suspects’ preparedness to unleash violence and destabilise the group.
He reaffirmed the command’s dedication to sustaining public security and urged residents to stay vigilant by promptly reporting any suspicious motion or legal exercise to the closest police station.
