The Ogun State Police Command has paraded three (3) police officers for their alleged involvement in armed robbery around Ijebu-Ode. A student of Tai Solarin University of Education was allegedly fleeced by the officers of over Three Hundred Thousand Naira on Jan 12, 2024.
The officers are Inspector Taiwo Kolawole with Force Number AP/No 341113, Inspector John Ogbe with Force Number AP/No 309292 and Cpl Idowu Sunday with Force Number 513707. All the officers were attached to Ijebu-Ife Division, in Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun state.
While narrating the background to the story, the Police said that on 12th of January, 2024, at about 8:45pm, one Kashimao Emmanuel, a male of TASUED Ijebu-Ode, reported at the station that while he was driving in his Toyota Venza car, with Reg No. LSD 813 EX, he came across a gang of four armed men with one of them putting on a Police round neck camouflage, while 3 others were on mufti.
They demanded for his phone but he initially declined. However, one of the policemen fired a shot into the air and that prompted the student to comply. They entered into his car and took him away towards Sagamu expressway. On getting to Ososa, they made a u-turn to Ijebu-Ode, where the sum of three hundred and twelve thousand naira was forcefully transferred from his account to an Opay account No. 9097829766.
After the student was freed, he made a report to the DPO, who upon the receipt of the report, quickly made a call to the Opay account number where it was discovered that the Opay account number belongs to a POS operator in Ijebu-ode.
The DPO then gave instruction that on no account should the POS operator give out the money transferred to him to anyone who comes for it. He also directed that the operator should tactically delay anyone who comes for the money pending his arrival.
On getting to the POS shop at Ibadan garage, one Force No 513707 Cpl Idowu Sunday attached to Ijebu-Ife was met waiting to cash the money and was promptly arrested.
While taking him to the station, he sighted his accomplices, namely AP/No 341113 Inspector Taiwo Kolawole, AP/No 309292 Inspector John Ogbe both were attached Ijebu-Ife division, and one civilian, Adesiyan Mathew who happened to be the driver was also arrested.
In the course of investigation, two other complainants who were victims at various times came forward and identified them to have earlier robbed them of their belongings in the same manner.