Armed robbers have killed a 25-year-old man, Qudus Popoola, and attacked a Point of Sale (PoS) operator, Bashirat Anibire, stealing her bag containing a cash of N400,000 and her phone in the Ijoko area of Agbado in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.
It was gathered that the robbers also injured one Faleye Oluwaseun.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this via a statement issued on Tuesday.
Oyeyemi stated the incident occurred on Sunday, adding that one of the assailants, a 28-year-old man, Moses Ayomide, was arrested by the police.
The police spokesperson stated Ayomide was arrested following a distress call received by policemen at Agbado Divisional Headquarters that armed robbers were operating at the Ijoko area.
He said upon the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Agbado Division, SP Awoniyi Adekunle, quickly led his men to the scene of the incident.
Oyeyemi said the robbers were chased, noting that with the help of youths in the area, one of them (robbers), Ayomide, was apprehended, while others escaped.
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“Preliminary investigation revealed that the robbers who are three in number, came on a motorcycle without light at about 7 p.m. and attacked Bashirat Anibire who was just closing from her POS shop.
“The victim managed to escape from the robbers, but while running away with her seven-year-old son, the robbers got hold of the son which made the woman to run back in order to save her son.
“It was in the process that the robbers were able to snatch her bag.
“The shout for help from the woman attracted the youths of the area who started pursuing the robbers while distress call was also made to the police.
“It was in their bid to escape from the scene that the deceased and one other were shot by the robbers,” he said.
The police spokesman noted that the injured victim was rushed to hospital for medical attention, while the corpse of the deceased was released to the family on request that they need to bury him in accordance with their religious belief.
He, however, stated that the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation.
Bankole also sent a condolence message to the family of the deceased, assuring them that the Command will do everything possible to apprehend the escaped members of the gang.
